No, I never wrote about it, because it was a long time ago and superseded by events (the rules change constantly on this immigration stuff, if you ask ten different people you get ten different stories).
Basically, we showed the lady loads of bits of paper to prove that we'd known each other/lived together for two years (which we had), and then they asked us individually a few trick questions like "What does [other spouse] normally eat for breakfast?" which we passed with flying colours, and that was that.
Too many foreigners in this small country our infrastructure can't cope.We're importing baby machines and the taxpayer is paying for it.STOP IMMIGRATION NOW.
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I remember it vividly, as I got married to a non-British Citizen in 1997. Fair play to them.
Really? That is really interesting, have you written anything about the related process?
No, I never wrote about it, because it was a long time ago and superseded by events (the rules change constantly on this immigration stuff, if you ask ten different people you get ten different stories).
Basically, we showed the lady loads of bits of paper to prove that we'd known each other/lived together for two years (which we had), and then they asked us individually a few trick questions like "What does [other spouse] normally eat for breakfast?" which we passed with flying colours, and that was that.
Were they 'good' rules? For lack of a better word.
Too many foreigners in this small country our infrastructure can't cope.We're importing baby machines and the taxpayer is paying for it.STOP IMMIGRATION NOW.
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