Unable to work for a year

[Remmie]

My fiancée is moving here from Ukraine in 2 weeks and due to her visa conditions, she won't be able to work for at least a year. Just found out this includes voluntary work as well for some reason.

 

I'm looking for advice on how to make her as employable as possible during that time for when she can work and any legal money making options she might be able to pursue....

 

Studying seems an obvious option, but not sure if her tourist status will increase costs. In terms of earning money I'm thinking of pursuing the latest software from the guy doing bonus bagging.

[aws]

This might go off-track at some point...

[JohnnyH]

Have you considered dirty riding?

[setreal]

Where is Simon when you need him?

[Remmie]

The jokes (especially shit ones) are inevitable, just hoping there will be a nugget of gold in one of the responses.

[JohnnyH]

Pirates don't need Visas.  Pirates do what the fuck they want.

[Captain Turdseye]

Set yourself up as an Avon lady and let your missus do all the work.

 

 

£££

[Trumo]

If you get married within the next 12 months, isn't it possible for her to change her residency status by applying for citizenship, thus overriding her visa restrictions? I think that's how it works, but you only really hear about things like this when it comes to passport and immigration scams. The actual details and legal side of things often get ignored as people only see the headline 'outrage'. Where's Red Nick when you need him?

[Remmie]

We are planning on getting married in about a year, but until then she will be here on a tourist visa and then a fiancée visa, until then, not too sure. 

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

[something to do with prostitution]

 

[something to do with drug dealing]

 

[something to do with peado rings]

[Bogman]

[something to do with prostitution]

 

[something to do with drug dealing]

 

[something to do with peado rings]

 

 

Paedo's have rings?  True you're never to old to learn.

[alles ist gut]

Paedo's have rings?  True you're never to old to learn.

If you slice through one, you can count them to see how old they are ( usually 84).

[setreal]

Studying seems an obvious option, but not sure if her tourist status will increase costs. In terms of earning money I'm thinking of pursuing the latest software from the guy doing bonus bagging.

 

A student visa should be a good way to do this - especially if she has you as a sponsor.

I have worked at the International Office of my Uni for a few years (this is in Germany though, I don't know how much it differs in the UK)

 

But usually you need to make sure of two things:

 

1. Is her education sufficient to be accepted at unis in the UK. (I would reckon she needs at least a bachelor or equivalent to be accepted - or would have to do some preliminary courses) Also the school, uni she visited may be a problem (lots of dodgy stuff in Russia/Ukraine/Belarus that isn't fully recognized)

 

2. Is her English good enough (TOEFL)

[Kevin D]

My fiancée is moving here from Ukraine in 2 weeks and due to her visa conditions, she won't be able to work for at least a year. Just found out this includes voluntary work as well for some reason.

 

I'm looking for advice on how to make her as employable as possible during that time for when she can work and any legal money making options she might be able to pursue....

 

Studying seems an obvious option, but not sure if her tourist status will increase costs. In terms of earning money I'm thinking of pursuing the latest software from the guy doing bonus bagging.

Does she enjoy writing?

 

If I had a year when I couldn't work, I would try my hand at screenplay writing. If that's not her thing, then short stories, writing about coming over from a conflict zone and, of course, blogging.

[Champ]

Contact immigration support agencies. They will be the experts in this area

[Strontium]

Do unis still run all those jarg courses for foreigners, or have the government put a stop to that?

 

My girlfriend unwittingly started on one of those courses at UCLan a few years ago, her and this gay lad were the only English people there, most of the rest were Chinese with only a rudimentary grasp of English.

 

This obviously led to numerous hilarious situations, like when the lecturer was discussing inductive reasoning and Popper's black swan problem and one of the Chinese piped up: "Why you want to count white swan?"

 

The final straw was when she turned up for a class presentation, and none of the Chinese turned up. The lecturer said that the Chinese never turn up for presentations and admitted the qualification wasn't worth the paper it was written on (his exact words).

 

Didn't stop UCLan trying to bill her for the cost of the course when she jacked it in, of course. The bastard shysters.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Unless the Voluntary work is to be included in a CV don't see why she cannot just do it under an assumed name.

 

Alternatives include ebay, car boot sales, market trader, tarmaccer and tree '' surgeon ''

[Malarkey]

Doctor Troy would be a good person to speak to about this, Rem. He deals with all that people trafficking lark.

On a serious note, he works in immigration. I'd defo give him a PM.

[Ian Sea]

If she's coming over on a Visit Visa then she won't be able to study on it, she needs a Student visa for that. Look at the different options available, there must be a better solution.

[Bjornebye]

Buying and selling on ebay. If I had the time i'd make a mint in there.

[Anubis]

Perfect opportunity to get her trained for married life. Cleaning, cooking, tea on the table when you come in....

[Section_31]

Can't volunteer?? Are you sure that's right Zeb? How can anyone legally stop you from donating your time and labour?? Mental.

[Paul]

I've not got a single clue about your dilemma Rem, but I'm delighted to hear you're loved up and intending.

[Rico1304]

Just don't inflate her for 12 months.

[The_Goat]

In off the red