Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
The constant hammering of immigration by the last few governments has been particularly bad for me - having married an immigrant a couple of years back.

The fees involved increased massively under the tories, not only the visa fees themselves, but the NHS surcharge they have to pay went up from 600 ish a year to over 1000 a year, over the course of a 5 year immigration process this adds thousands of pounds per person.

Now Labour want to increase the language requirements to A2 (previously B2) which is quite a big jump and worst of all extend the process from 5 years to 10 years - that will cost us tens of thousands more if it is put in place before we complete the ILR process.
A few times over the last 23 years I’ve wanted to move back and bring my Mrs.
The financial hurdles were always too big.

As much as I miss the place, it’s probably for the best.
It’s not just the place but the times that I had there then will never be the same.

One day though, maybe!