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British man with American wife here. It took something like eight years for my wife to get full UK residential rights (known as ILR or indefinite leave to remain). This is not even citizenship, just the right to reside and use the facilities. This cost a lot of money in lawyers fees, and necessitated her providing the Home Office with a stack of paper two feet tall. It required us to prove we could support ourselves while she wasn’t allowed to work (minimum of £37,000 a year as a couple, so if you’re poor the UK won’t have you). It required my parents to sign a piece of paper saying that if I lost my ability to provide for us, that they would house us free of charge. A whole host of stuff exactly like the film ‘Green Card’. Photos of us, statements from all our friends and family that we were who we said we were, details of where, when, and how we met. An almost endless list. My father in law, who would like to live in the UK, is of independent means and would need nothing at all from the state (he would be literally a net financial gain for the UK). But he has no route to a visa here unless either a) he massively increases his net worth or b) becomes dependent on his daughter for assistance. Reducing net migration has been a major focus of the last several governments in this country, frequently to the detriment of our overall skill base. Brexit does not currently appear to be likely to improve the outlook.
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suck my woke dick posted:i don't think 'using facilities' meant 'barfing in the airport toilets' Correct. I meant the NHS, the legal system, paying your taxes and whatnot, I figured he was engaging in a piece of frivolous paronomasia.
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