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Cambridge University librarian's marriage

labelled a 'sham' by Home Office officials whoforce his wife to remain in China

David Rushmer, 48, met Chinese national Wang Xiang online in June 2012

Xiang, 39, was in Britain on a dependant visa with her former husbandMarriage fell apart six months after arriving and she applied for new visaDuring the waiting period she met Rushmer and they moved in togetherIn April 2013 her application was refused but they then married in China

Then Home Office blocked move for second time and she cannot returnBy Mark Duell

PUBLISHED:05:28, 2 January 2014 | UPDATED:05:28, 2 January 2014

A Cambridge University librarian has been left devastated after the Home Office labelled his marriage asham and forced his wife to remain in China.

David Rushmer, 48, met Wang Xiang online in June 2012. She was in Britain on a dependant visa withher ex-husband but that marriage fell apart six months after their arrival.

The 39-year-old Chinese national applied for a new visa and was told it would take up to three months toprocess - but was still waiting more than a year later.
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Forced to live apart: David Rushme r, 48, met 39-year-old Chinese national Wang Xiang

online in June 2012

During that time she met Mr Rushmer and five months later they decided to move in together. But inApril last year they were left heartbroken when Miss Xiangs visa application was refused.

Mr Rushmer decided to propose and they tied the knot two months later in China and prepared to moveback to the UK as a married couple.


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'Devastating': Mr Rushm er has launched a campaign to over turn the Home Office's

decision after going six months without seeing his new wife

But their dreams were shattered when the Home Office blocked Miss Xiangs move for a second time -allegedly saying they did not believe they were in love.

Mr Rushmer has launched a campaign to overturn their decision after going six months without seeinghis new wife.

He said: It's devastating. We are newlyweds and we are being treated like criminals. That is the bottomline. They are suggesting my wife has attached herself to me with the sole intention to gain a UK visa.

'The excessively harsh new UK spouse visa rules have recently torn thousands of families apart. TheHome Office confirmed that we do meet these requirements, but we were stunned that after a four-monthwait and an interview, my wife has had her visa refused.

They are saying the love we have shared over the past year or so is not genuine. Therefore we areliars, criminals, and so are my parents and all our friends who testified that we are very genuine, and soall our plans for our future happiness are on hold again.

Mr Rushmer claimed Miss Xiang attended an interview in Beijing - 1,000 miles away from her home inChina - where she was questioned about the relationship.

She also had to submit wedding photos, records of phone calls, bills and pictures of their engraved ringsto Home Office officials.

The couple launched a petition which attracted almost 1,000 signatures in ten days as part of theirappeal but they have received no indication the decision will be overturned.

The Home Office has not yet responded to a request for comment.


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jack, London, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago

The UK government does all i t can to give you hard time if you wish to marry a none EU citizen it cost me over 7000

when I married my american accountant wife I and her were forced to leave this country to marry in the USA as we told

she could not change uk visa to a dependant visa here so were foced to spend six months in the states waiting for a UK

dependant visa.

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Louise58, Kettering, 1 hour ago

how long does he think it will las t once she is over here - get real

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Sylvia Zhan, London, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago

It is very difficult for a foreigner to get a work permit in China unless you have an employer to hire u & support your visa.

China never has shortage of librarians. Chinese embass y will give David a 6 month tourist visa wi th multiple entries

that's the bes t Mr Rushmer can get. Hope this ans wer those think David should go to China. Moreover, I know this

couple. David and Xiang both are audiences to our festival. They came to our event when Xiang gave talks about Chines e

ind documentary films,literature and social issue. Xiang is a writer and columnist of a few Chinese news paper on film

and literature. She wrote a 200 year anniversary long article about Charles Dickens and publis hed in a famous Chinese

news paper last year. She has alsopublished a few books. She is talent that UK should welcome. David and Xiang are

soul mate and true love. My colleagues and I all remember this lovely couple who have so many things in common.

Home office is very wrong on handling this case.


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POP, HOME, Uganda, 1 hour ago

He can go and live with her in China, problem solved.


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glynnpt, Basingstoke, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

UK government making life difficult for two people who could be very beneficial to the country, especial ly if the wife would
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be able to teach Mandarin in schools. (Investing in her at her age would be cost effective) We are short of experienced

teachers in that language. It is a language the government is trying to develop as China wil l be an important trading

partner, while at the same time doing nothing to stop immigration by those who will contribute very little to the economy.

Doesn't seem very sensible to me


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Aletheia, Gloucester, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

I'm with the Home Office on this one.


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vicky, West London, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

I am an Immigration lawyer of 10 years and would love to take up some of these unsuccessful cases!! I would have a

field day in court with the Home Office, who obviously cannot recognize genuine cases from fake ones.


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curious, leeds, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

Why SHOULD he go and live in China, or any other country?! In this case the interpretation of the situation is wrong, and

the decision should be reversed. Why anyone would want to come and live in the UK amongs t so many sm all minded

bigots is beyond me, though.


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curious, leeds, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

What a depress ingly typical sm all-minded set of stunted little Englander responses to this s tory.


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Michael, cleethorpes, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

Why doesn't the husband move to China


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stevo, fareham, 3 hours ago

Mr Duddrey No!!


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Sylvia Zhan, London, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

My colleagues and I know David and Xiang. We shown a documentary film made by her in our fes tival and invited Xiang

to give talks at our event in Freeworld Centre, King's College London and Goldsmith College. She is a wonderful writer,

film critics and made two films. David came to our events with her. My colleagues and I can see the love between them.

Xiang told us her happiness of meeting David. They have so m any things in common that both love books, reading and

writing. They are soul mates and true love. I was shocked and sad when I rang David asking if Xiang and him would like

to come to our event, but was only to find Xiang was forced to leave UK. The way Home Office treats this lovely coupleand the case is totally wrong.


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Feduptaxpayer, London, 3 hours ago

Charming! I felt sorry for you to begin with but your las t comment radically changed my mind. So please you will not be

returning!


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Mehere, Fife, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

She should apply for a Romanian passport.


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evolving program, Taipei, Taiwan, 3 hours ago

To all the people saying "why not go and live in China?', do you know how stupid and unfair that sounds . 1. I imagine his

Chinese wife speaks English and he doesn't speak Chinese. How easy do you think it would be for him to find work in

China? Eh? 2. Imagine China also became as s trict and discriminatory about family migration as the UK currently is, in

its pandering to intellectually challenged voters. Why should one country have to accept them because the other country

won't? 3. Finally, did you know that the UK allows EU citizens with non-EU spouses into the UK with no income

requirement of 18600, no life in the UK test, no citizenship test? Rather, it punishes its own citizens - UK citizens - by

barring their non-EU spouses , while allowing in any other EU citizen with their non-EU spous es. I'm jus t glad I live

abroad now. Let the UK be full of romaniams who have no ties to the UK, while forcing educated UK citizens with non-EU

spouses to get out and use their skills elsewhere.


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Bazzer69, Walton on Sea, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

If he loves her, really really loves her - he should get on the next plane to China to be with her. I am sure with his

academic background the powers to be in China would fix him up with a nice little job.


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Lachlord, London, 3 hours ago

The home office are not always the most hones t or efficient of organisations, and it may interest readers to know that very

recently, a major clearance was done of some very corrupt individuals . Because of these individuals, some of my very

hard working friends had to resubmit applications at considerable cos t, having already done so previously, and which

were not properly considered.


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Tyler Durden, Bonham-Carter, Saint Helena, 3 hours ago

Should've gone to Bangkok.


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Kate, Manchester, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

I am Australian, I could not get a spous e visa despite my husband being someone who works 50+ hours a week,

despite me having worked in the UK previously, despite having paid taxes here, despite us never claiming a penny of

benefits, despite his daughter living in the UK, we were forced to move to Europe. Spent thousands of euros there to do

so and paid into their tax system rather than Britain's. We moved back under EU law, this was the only way for us to s tay

together as a family. Did I mention we saved thousands of pounds in visa fees? This isn't about immigrants being a

drain on the public purse, it is plain discrimination against British citizens! We would have moved to Australia in a heart

beat if it were not for his daughter as it's not fair for her to be without a dad. I feel for David and his wife, I hope someone

sees sense soon and they get the outcome they deserve. How dare the UKBA say that they are not genuine! I would be

absolutely livid.


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Ann On, Englandterre, 3 hours ago

The story doesn't elaborate on the circumstances with the last husband. It may be that which is s topping them from

being taken seriously.


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Cinnamon, London, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

While the British people s ettle any country they want... time for them to get the same treatment.


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Exemplar, Somewhere over the rainbow, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

Strange how they only decided to get married AFTER her visa was turned down.


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Sink or Swim, Failing Utopia, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

I'm not very surpris ed by this - her previous behaviour clearly shows that a UK passport is m ore important to her than

"love", since she advertised herself online and was already here with another "husband"! This might be the "real thing"

for him, but looking through jaded eyes s prings to mind!


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buzzingworld, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 4 hours ago

The problem for this couple, amongs t many others in "genuine" relationships, is that there are countless fake marriages

or partnerships out there and this fact spoils it for anyone else in a real relationship. The sad thing is that the fakes get

away with it and genuine couples have difficulties proving they are not fake. This is a systemic problem that needs to be

addressed, intelligently, but that's probably asking too much.


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AlexD, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago

The rules are more interesting: any EU national can come and live in Britain and get a free visa for his wife, no matter

where she is from. UK nationals cannot do that, unless we move to another EU country and live there. If we bring a wife

to the UK who was born outside the EU, we have to pay around 100 a year for a visa, and the visa process can take

months as well as being highly intrusive. This can go on forever if the wife does not learn English better than the average

15 year old Britain, even after the couple have a family born and raised in the UK. Unfortunately many countries, including

China, Russia and Nigeria make it imposs ible for Brits to get passports, so one has an indefinite number of annual

visas even if one goes and l ives there. A real mess , but one where non-Brits from the EU get a much better deal than

Brits.


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equalityforall , Angeles City, Philippines , 4 hours ago

I sat old chap, did you hear the one about the foreign woman who only got married so s he could get a visa to live in the

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morningdelights, London, 4 hours ago

he should move to China then


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leftuk, Guangdong, China, 5 hours ago

My wife also Chinese is not allowed into the UK despite from her previous marriage to a Brit she had residency which

was revoked after her divorce after 7 years marriage. We live in China now. Some pos ters here miss the point when

asking why doesn't he go to China - he's British and should have a right to marry who he wants and live in his own
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country after all a Rom anian/Bulgarian can marry an African in the UK giving the African a right to lifetime benefits in the

UK but God help a Brit who marries a foreigner. If he transferred his as sets to China the UK will confiscate them until he

proves why he should have them as the UK considers China a security risk


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Honky, glasgow, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

Why can none of these "heart-rending " people live in their partners country ie. CHINA/SOMALIA /NIGERIA etc, etc ,etc

???.


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apw2, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

My wife is chinese and we had no problem getting a visa for her. We had an engl ish wedding and attended the visa office

together, while we didn't do anything different from normal, i think it was obvious that we were a couple to them. A few

seats down from us, was a mid 50s man with a 22 year old Thai bride, didn't touch, kiss , hold hands or talk much. Kinda

obvious i t was a sham marriage. If he is s till here and she isn't, then i don't think it's a real marriage, otherwise he would

have moved over to China, they are always eager to hire english workers.


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horseman, Manchester, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

One rule for one and one for another.


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MikeeP, Scarborough, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

But they let in millions of EU people, she should go to romania get a passport there, they were giving passports to all.

Totally insane s ituation.


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nonconformist, east coast, Australia, 5 hours ago

In Australia Asian women are much more heavily vetted and routinely refused on the bas is of the amount of men being

scammed, its a fact of life that these wo.en have everything to gain nothing to los e by hooking up with some lonely old

Randy geezer in need of a housekeeper, a trophy wife and a beneficiary ( they may not know about the las t bit) it is also

common that these women have secret husband and families at home waiting til the 'coast is clear' to bring them out


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Who did she marry in order to gain access the first time round? I'd hardly call s ix months in the UK a long marriage, so I

can understand scepticism here. Why doesn't he go and live in China and get a job there?


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JS, Somerset, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

It's because he is white and British, we have no rights here any more. My employed, graduate son cannot bring his

Mexican wife into this country.


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imeyo, St Albans, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

People should stop making assuming comments like Go and live in and China or wherever as it's easier s aid than

done. Have we cons idered family ties - or is it now a s in to marry a foreigner. That be


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leftuk, Guangdong, China, 1 hour ago

Have they considered that UK authorities confiscate and put into holding accounts any money you try to transfer to China

- because you then become a possible enemy of the UK for marrying a Chinese women and then going to live there.

This is what happened to me so don't think it is easy going to China as your own country then treats you as a traitor.

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Paul, London UK, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago

My wife is Guyanese. We met in the UK in 1974, married after three years and didn't worry about the pass port nonsens e

for 16 years. Then matters 'Hong Kong' forced a change in the law and we had to apply for British Nationality. Whilst we

had no problem s getting that [by this time three children] the Home Office took their time processing the application,

hanging on to our passports and other important papers for over two years. I agree that the authorities need to curb

sham marriages but they don't half have a funny way of doing it. Good Luck to Mr Rushmer; I think his wife is a stunner.


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Alan, Wales, 5 hours ago

Unfortunately, they will be lumped in with the many which are totally sham . Blame those people, not our laws which have

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FSUK, Surrey, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

I believe he is in love, the border agency are experts in these matters and wil l have all the facts. He is always free to go

and live in China..
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david sinclair, glasgow, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

Such a pity that the government cannot extend this policy to a further 2 m illion or so others dotted around the country.


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George, Hong Kong, China, 6 hours ago

My wife is Chinese, as are both my daughters-in-law and I can spek from personal experince when I say that the UK's

treatment of married couples in the s ituation decribed in the article is indeed appall ing.


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juharrogate, harrogate, 6 hours ago

Met on line - marriage fell apart after 6 months -went home. Sounds JUST like a "Marriage of convenience" to me. 10/10

to the Border Agency - for heaven's sake don't now go weak at the knees because som e bleeding hearts have got hold of

a sob story.


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Toubab, Ipswich, 6 hours ago

There is one rule for Europeans and one rule for British, and the British lose out. With travel it is likely that men and

women wil l find foreign partners but the UK Border Agency still do not accept that. Another reason why being British

counts for nothing.


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Alfred, EUSSR, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

I can unders tand why she married him ... but WHY would he marry her? Bizarre!


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where1sjustice, london, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

When I applied for my passport 19 years ago after marrying my English husband, an Indian woman, by her strong

accent, told me to go back to China. My English was far better than hers and I struggled to understand her, but there shewas urging me to go back to China and refusing me the passport. My husband filed a complaint with her manager

immediately and passport arrived within a week. There are some crazy immigrants working at the Border agency have

very little skills and yet they are employed to deal with complicated is sues due to positive discrimination for them. They

would issue passports to their own people with a drop of a hat while refusing legitimate applications from other foreign

nationalities. To this day, we still wonder how the Indian woman has got the job or the British pass port in the first place.
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Sarah, London, 6 hours ago

My husband paid a fortune for his visa etc to come and live in the UK with me. Had the marriage not las ted and he met

som eone els e over here, why should he have expected to stay in the UK? Same for applies for me if it was the other way

around. The rules are there for a reas on. Too m.any people in the past have cheated the system. If you don't like it, live inthe country of your spouse or don't marry a foreign national.


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vanityfair, London UK, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

Unfortunately, brides from countries such as Thailand, China and the like have a lot of women desperate to settle in the

West and who will latch on to the 1st Western male usual ly past his best and desperate. Some marriages work but

som e break down once the women has achieved her objective of a British passport or permanent residency. In thiscase, I can see why the Home Office is s uspicious as the lady in question seems to move on rather quickly from one

man to the other in a very short space of time - red flags up for sure. If the man is truly in love, I'm sure a few months in

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AdgeCutler, Loughborough, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

I sugges t you go and move to China, let's see how much you love her!


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Sandy75, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 6 hours ago

We certainly don't look after our own do we? This new ruling for Brits wanting to return to UK with their wives is a disgrace

especially when others are being allowed in wi lly nilly. If you are a UK citizen you have NO RIGHTS. Abolish this stupid

rule for British citizens now. Could it be classed as dis crimination I wonder?


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pb, blandford, United Kingdom, 7 hours ago

Not enough work in the home office so now they want to be a marriage guidance councillors . What a joke they are


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dumbanddumber, auckland, New Zealand, 7 hours ago

Its obvious that this is genuine Wake up authorities and do the right thing.
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markshi, St Albans, United Kingdom, 7 hours ago

Looks like they will have to live in China where they got married then.


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Discerner, London, United Kingdom, 7 hours ago

David it is sim ple, move to China. Love has no boundaries ! By the way, take me with you!


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keithsowden, morecambe, United Kingdom, 7 hours ago

Immigration authorities can make decisions which seem bizarre. Thirty years ago, my wife was barred from the UK, and

her passport s tamped to that effect, because she truthfully stated that we intended to get married. The senior officer

stated that he needed to keep out economic migrants. At the time, England was in financial s traits and Switzerland ( my

wife's native land ) was the richest in the world. She was s hipped back to the Continent between two burly police officers,

and I was barred from taking the same ship back.


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Happy Whammer, London, United Kingdom, 7 hours ago

Sneak her in on the back of a lorry from Calais . She'll be welcomed with open arms and be given a UK passport straight

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TMc589, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 hours ago

My family had to jump through hoops to live here in New Zealand, and rightly so. It's too easy to live in Britain and too

easy to circumvent the rules .


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Loud and proud, Pilbara WA, 4 hours ago

I had to jump through lots of hoops and cost a fortune, to get to live in Australia and rightly so.

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thenervoussurgeon, Pattaya, Thailand, 7 hours ago

i KNOW a thai woman over here who has been married to a British guy for over 1 year ,he earns well over the 18k a year

required ,but a year later she is still waiting for a visa ,while hords of Rumanian scroungers and illegals live off the state

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Epp, London, United Kingdom, 1 hour ago

You are either very much misinformed or just ignorant and a victim of the Romanian and Bulgarian propaganda on DM,

Sun and other medias. No Bulgarians or Romanians are scroungers as they don't have access to public funds unlessthey have contributed to HM revenue, also they cannot be illegal as they are part of the free EU movement. I am really

tired of average Joe in this country reading SUN newspaper and DM and forming poor opinion of what's going on in UK

and around the world. Have a nice day now

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... and I am appalled by how many people green arrowed you. 287 brain dead !!!

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Quidnunc, England, 7 hours ago

Is there som ething stopping him from relocating to China to be with his wife? Have they looked in to relocating to a 3rd

country. She is not trapped in China. She is just barred from entering the UK. Neither is bring branded a criminal - they

jus t do not qualify for her to come to the UK at this time. If he loved her that much and wanted to make a go of the

marriage then he would move to China to be with her, or take a job with the FCO or some other NGO overseas in a

country where they could be living together. Give the immigration staff good reas on to believe that this is a committed

relationship. At present - not having seen his wife in 6 months does seem rather suspicious - If I loved som eone enough

to marry them so quickly, and they were barred from entering the UK, I sure wouldn't wait 6months, I'd be upping s ticks to

relocate so I could be with them. Otherwise what's the point in committing to a marriage?


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iandurham, durham, 3 hours ago

couldnt agree more! first think i thought when reading this was "why not move there?"

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English speaker, England, 3 hours ago

You just don't get it do you?
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Sisi Chris, Exeter, United Kingdom, 7 hours ago

my girlfriend is a Chinese national and i'm sure i will have a very sim ilar problem in the future, if so i wi ll become the

home offices hell,


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disgusted, tunbridge wells, 3 hours ago

Play by the rules and don't expect an imm ediate decis ion. If your application has all the requirements then there is no

reason for a refusal. The case in the DM article does give rise for the Home Office to question how genuine the marriage

is based on the brides history.Perfectly understandable. The groom is pursuing the case as entitled

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Aletheia, Gloucester, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

There is an alternative - go and live in China.

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Lord Barrett, Huntingdon, United Kingdom, 7 hours ago

Good, he can toddle off to china


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Tommen, Sheffield, 4 hours ago

Thats som e pretty powerful jingois m right there mate, even for a DM reader.

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Good to see the lack of compass ion usually associated with DM readers is s till alive and kicking.....

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H Adams, Alicante, 7 hours ago

I now loathe and detest the UKand particularly the UK Border Agency, run by a bunch of morons and cretins! I too tried to

get a visa for my Thai wife, a quali fied nurse with a good income and savings and property, but was cons tantly refused
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fro no apparent reason. I spent thousands of pounds on lawyers trying to overturn the decision, to no avail. She obtained

Spanish residency where we lived for over she two years, but still could not get a UK visa! We now live in Thailand, and

although my daughter and grandchildren live in the UK where I was born, I NEVER want to set foot in the UK again! I

hope the country is totally swam ped with Romanians and Bulgarians!


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sharon963, newcastle, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

Well now your settled somewhere els e what you complaining for? If you love your partner whats the problem your

together,.im sure we wont miss you here in uk

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Hard working Bulgarians and Romanians:) You can stay in Thailand

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saf7670, peterborough, United Kingdom, 8 hours ago

This is nothing new, even for a partner to vis it on tourist visa, I have been with my Philippine partner for 5 years travelling

3 - 4 times a year to the Philippines since meeting, And spending. Half my life there. Yet border agency say we do not

have a relationship. (Photos together over 5 years are believed faked!). Wanted partner to vis it UK to meet my family and

seriously ill mother was refused, Border agency say they dont believe we have genuine relationship and my partner just

wishes to remain and work in the UK. I am a disabled war pensioner and as a result of this decision am forced to make

this regular long and painful journey to be with my partner.


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hmm, Nott, 6 hours ago

Says it all . Partner jus t wants to live and work in UK. I would be sus picious. A disabled war pens ioner with younger fit

wife. As soon as she's got her visa things will change

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Simon, Barcelona, 3 hours ago

I don't mean to be harsh but we often read about people being duped jus t to obtain a visa. It happens to both men and

women and normally involves older people and younger brides / husbands . So it begs the ques tion, how old is your

partner? She just wants to remain and work in the UK? I bet that she does .

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Angie, bury st edmunds, United Kingdom, 8 hours ago

why not go & live in China ? problem solved.


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Someone else who jus t doesn't get it I see.... I feel sorry for people like you, who have no compass ion and no s ense....

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@Education Helps: I agree with your first part of your comment but how can you know if the Bulgarians and Romanians

that come in this country have no qualli fication or a good education?? Is that just ass umtion, generalisation??? This is

the same as for me to ass ume that your wife married you for your money and the british pas sport.

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JGM01, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 8 hours ago

Aye, the UK Border Force (Farce) really know how to foul things up. Rules are rules they say, like my wife of 12 years stil l

has to do the compulsory 2 years s pouse visa because we have not lived in the UK during the period of marriage, dolts.Now if the chap in the s tory just moves to another EU country his wife, no matter what her nationality, will have automatic

residency rights there. Might as well jus t do it and then commute afterwards.


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cynic52, canterbury, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago

The Border Agency only applies the rules as laid down in Parliament. It is MPs who make the law. Blame them and not

the hard pressed Border Agency staff who are blamed if they do and are blamed if they don't.

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