UK, Ireland / Polish female bringing a chinese husband to the UK -advice needed :) [19]

Kambilia: but the thing is, as far as i know i would qualify for financial assistance in case i can't find a job -jobseekers allowance in this case-

Wrong, this is a contribution based payment.

Kambilia: i know many Polish people claim benefits in the UK, on the same rights as the indigenous citizens do :)

If they have spent time in the UK and paid tax and insurance then of course they have the same rights.[/quote]

that's strange, last time i was in the uk i was told i can apply for benefits until i get a job...and before that, i've only worked as an au pair and haven't been registered anywhere, no insurance or tax payments...well maybe i wouldn't still get it.


if i have no choice, why not?


hard for me to estimate his level...not perfect, especially the grammar, knowledge of less common words etc :)but that's the language we communicate in everyday so not very bad i guess...


teach english :) so not very useful in the UK, heh. and i doubt there will be some people wanting to learn chinese ...he's going to do an acupuncture course soon, maybe he could do that somewhere...or on our own.


must be a good reason for that :P


course not, it's just an excuse. we have a thorough and cunning plan to suck your country off all possible benefits we can lay our hands on, for which you've paid taxes for so many years. to be honest with you, we're also going to take loans from all the banks we can get them, set up some fraudulent buissness and money laundering, then finally escape back to China, financially aided for the rest of our lives.

unfortunately, there's little you can do to prevent it.

Britain, here we come !!!! :D


i think there's little chance of that happening...would they part families to do that? i think it's one of the most important reasons to be given a visa...


not really :) i mean, he didn't study at the uni or anything...just finished high school, then army...
but we may still look online for something...


tuition fees for overseas students would kill us :( with me it's a different story, i'm the eu citizen.


yes, then he will have to extend it for another 6. when i have worked 12 months in the UK without break, he'll be given a visa for 5 years.


this is to prevent fraudulent marriage arrangements, when people not have met each other and don't intend to live together, but get married for one side to get a UK visa while the other one is given money etc. like women from Cuba marrying the americans for visas :)

sometimes they ask for proofs of the relationship in the embassy, like photos, letters etc. for this purpose.

UK, Ireland / Polish female bringing a chinese husband to the UK -advice needed :) [19]

oh, thanks for caring about my fate :)

but the thing is, as far as i know i would qualify for financial assistance in case i can't find a job -jobseekers allowance in this case- i know many Polish people claim benefits in the UK, on the same rights as the indigenous citizens do :) or maybe you mean students don't qualify for that, just full-time workers? i'm not sure actually...not that i plan to become a parasite sucking the british society, usually the university itself has services helping its students finding a suitable part-time job. anyway, i am keen on giving it a go as Polish unis are not as good as the british ones...the system of teaching is entirely different, cramming lots of pages only to forget most after the exam. in england you focus more on the practical side of things, like you have lots of workshops, you do your own research, you are encouraged to develop your own opinion on various topics and try to support it :) totally different formula.

as for my husband, well...i realize it may be a bit tough to find him some decent job, but i still think it'd be easier in the UK than in poland as he knows english and no Polish at all :) well he can jump with a parachute but i doubt that would turn into any financial advantage :)

and my family will support me regardless of whether i study in the UK or Poland :) i just hope i won't need that to a significant degree....

UK, Ireland / Polish female bringing a chinese husband to the UK -advice needed :) [19]

yes, EEA family permit :) i've been doing some research too.

ok, so now i know most of the things i guess...thanks a lot. i'm glad it's possible.

UK, Ireland / Polish female bringing a chinese husband to the UK -advice needed :) [19]

you're right probably...just the phonecalls to england are so expensive from here, then they probably put you on hold for twenty minutes etc :)

but do you think English embassy in poland would avise something reasonable? i'll ask my parents to call them i guess...

yeah we're planning to come to poland first, but i have to go to england in september and if he can't go, there probably is no point for him to come to europe at all...what can he do in poland without me, not knowing the language?