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Hi everyone, I married my Egyptian husband almost a month ago in Cairo and he applied for his settlement visa for the UK on Sunday (only 2 days ago). He got a call this morning from the British Embassy to say that his application has been granted without interview and when could he come to collect his passport?! We can hardly believe it, within just 36 hours the visa has been issued!!! I just wanted to give some of you out there who are going through this nightmare a bit of hope, it is possible and there is light at the end of the tunnel. If you keep persevering and never give up you will get there in the end! I wish everyone else all the luck in the world and if I can help anyone then just ask and I will do my best! x
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Congratulations, great news for you both - hope he's prepared for the cold winters here in the UK... my husband's been here for just under two years and I don't think he'll ever get used to scraping the frost off the car windscreen in the mornings! Posts: 463 | From: Other side of nowhere | Registered: Jun 2006
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Don't you know you have to put cardboard on the windscreens at nights?? So much easier... Just throw them away in the morning.
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Thanks everyone, we are delighted and cant wait to have a normal life together!! It was far easier than we expected although we provided 5 folders of evidence which they laughed at and we used a specialist immigration lawyer in the UK, she was worth her weight in gold! Cant wait for him to get here, Scotland is already freezing so I think it will be winter clothes shopping time as soon as he arrives! x
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congrats hunni we was same they issued my husbands day after he applied i feel sorry for them both comin here in winter ohh they not gonna know wots hit them long johns and thermals r onmy shopping list hehee
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ice we dont wanna talk ice storms we had such a bad one last year we was out of electric for 2 weeks that sucked i pray we dont have the same one this year its gettin cold now outside almost time for the furnace to come on this is a great time to be in egypt lol
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lol i have had my heating on for weeks and the gas fire is usually on in living room guee it will just have to be turned up full when he is here hehe
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Tina are you in Cairo? What's the temperature like during the day and evening? I am coming tomorrow night and want to make sure I have the right amount of warm clothes but then again i dont want to take too many of them if there is no need
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quote:Originally posted by advocate: Tina are you in Cairo? What's the temperature like during the day and evening? I am coming tomorrow night and want to make sure I have the right amount of warm clothes but then again i dont want to take too many of them if there is no need
I don't think Tina is in Cairo. About the temperatures; today was 30°C at noon. (This is what my Egyptian friend living in Cairo told me). I was in Egypt same time last year and wore summerclothes (light dresses/skirts/tops) during the day and jeans and a pullover in the evenings. I am packing too right now. I think I'll bring 2 warm pullovers. Have a nice trip!
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I think British Embassy does not give crap to married couples with granting the visas in general?
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Congrats that gives me such hope, is it easier to marry in Egypt then apply in U or marry in UK? does it make a difference?
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Thanks mysticheart, I'll do my best to have a good time and hopefully there wont be any flight delays!...or nosey customs officers this time going through my suitcase!!! Posts: 1917 | From: WALES | Registered: Apr 2007
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Thanks for wishing me a nice trip I am planning to do a boattrip to Giftun Island. They say it is very beautiful so I'll take some pics and post them when we're back. My livingroom is a mess right now... lol... but I don't care. Last day of working... finally!
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Advocate & desert girl, have a wonderful trip. i am so jealous i want to go too Posts: 9443 | From: USA...... | Registered: Jun 2006
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CONGRATULATIONS Dragonfly i wish you and your hubby a long and happy life together - that supposing he survives the winter and he forgives you for taking him away from the sunshine wouldn't like to see your gas bills after he's been here for some time Posts: 1797 | From: By my husband's side | Registered: Nov 2007
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Yes, I'm sure it'll make a change from the man or men of the house turning down the heating as they tend to do in the UK!! Posts: 1917 | From: WALES | Registered: Apr 2007
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oooooh yeeeees.... plz give me a man who doesn't walk in the house and turn the heating off complaining that it is to hot. Constantly whining and bitching that he has prickly heat or can't sleep in the night. I like to be warm and toasty, i do not like to dress for the arctic circle when i'm in the home i like to relax in shorts and a t-shirt, is that so wrong?
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Oh, I'm completely the opposite - I hate warm air! I'd much rather be wrapped up than have the heating on! If its summertime then great, that kind of heat I love, but can't deal with the oppression from central heating! Posts: 836 | From: UK | Registered: Jun 2006
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I'd much rather be in a warm country, lying by the pool in my bikini, being waited upon by like i am the queen - no central heating, no wrapped up, no work, no bills, my wonderful man meeting my every need - oh sorry i went there for a minute can somebody plz bring me back to reality i have work tomorrow Posts: 1797 | From: By my husband's side | Registered: Nov 2007
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Soozi there is always room for a holiday in one's life, just think when you get old, in your chair and stink of p*** you will have lots of lovely memories that will put a mischieviouse grin on your face and leave people wandering about what you experienced in your youth hee hee Posts: 1797 | From: By my husband's side | Registered: Nov 2007
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Honey its probably all our fate that's why you have to grab ife by the short and curlies and squeeze the living daylights out of it while you can - be happy Posts: 1797 | From: By my husband's side | Registered: Nov 2007
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Advocate forgot to wish you a safe journey and give my love to Egypt - i am so jealouse
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oh sorry! you went just as i returned i came back on 24th October, that was when i stayed in Cairo to go to the embassy and see about fiancee visa but it is so hard to do it that way that we had no option but to wait until we marry. Had a fantastic time though in Cairo, real culture shock for me but sooo interesting. Went to a wedding also whilst i was there and yes there were many women who danced with men and they were all Egyptian.
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LOL! I thought this was only the case in our house. My husband likes it so hot that it sometimes feels like a sauna. In the summer he turned the A/C off while I was at work. Now it's getting colder and he sets the heat at 78F while I'm at work. Way too hot! I'm thinking of putting a sign above the thermosat to remind him to turn the heat down before he leaves for work. I'm comfy with it set at 70.
quote:Originally posted by advocate: Yes, I'm sure it'll make a change from the man or men of the house turning down the heating as they tend to do in the UK!!
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MW apparently it is not a gender thing, i thought it was only men who turned the heating down constantly - well i'm on your hubbies side give him a break and let him lounge around imagining that he is in the tropics - mmmmmmmmmm
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MW, can we change husbands please?? (just kidding but I am the one who turns on the heat constantly).
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desertgirl you will have to get in the queue ha ha i want a man that does not turn the heating off never mind down Posts: 1797 | From: By my husband's side | Registered: Nov 2007
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I don't mind him sitting in the tropics when he's home alone. He leaves for work at 2:30pm, I don't get home until 6ish. I just want him to turn down the heat so I don't have to open windows to cool the place down when I get home.
BTW...he started wearing long johns weeks ago. It's not even that cold here yet!
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MW what nationality is he ? I ask because he appears to be really strugling with this climate Posts: 1797 | From: By my husband's side | Registered: Nov 2007
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He's not struggling really, like many Egyptians he believes that illness is brought on by the cold. Also, he prefers to be warm all the time. I don't like the house too cool but I don't feel comfortable when it's too warm either.
This is his first fall/winter in the states so I expected that it would be a bit rough on him.
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ahhhhhh poor soul he is but a mere man and they all like to portray strength but underneath they are really quite delicate ha ha. So have you been married for long or is it still the honeymoon period ?
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We will be married two years on January 8th, God willing.
Hehehehe...he's anything but delicate on the outside but I suppose his intolerance for the cold makes him a bit delicate. Posts: 2735 | From: my desk | Registered: Jul 2005
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no im in iowa its nice today rainin but i wish i was in cario lol
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