leaving the uk and indefinate leave to remain visa status

There is so much confusion about visa status and finding the information is quite difficult.

I am a British citizen, my wife is a Korean national with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. 

THIS means she came on a spousal visa and applied after 2 years (and a great deal of expense) to stay.

With our move to Korea i was interested how this would affect her visa status when (IF) we decide to return to the UK.

After searching the internet I found a lot of conflicting stories about the status being revoked!

I rang the UKBA and they confirmed that:

1. After 2 years absence from the UK the visa is revoked. 

(so come back for a holiday within 2 years, even for 1 day)

2. If absence is longer than 2 years you need to apply as a returning resident. 
Which will be easier if you have strong family ties here.

The process varies depending on which country you are returning from.

The UKBA says:

You may return to the UK as a resident if:

• you were settled in the UK when you last left; and
• you have been away for 2 years or less; and
• you are returning to live here permanently; and
• you were not given public funds to pay the costs of leaving the UK.

THERE ARE SOME HORROR STORIES ABOUT VISA REVOCATION ON THE WEB BUT YOU
CAN FIND THESE OUT YOURSELF.

some other blogs

I have been searching
for some good blogs about teaching in Korea. I will post some links
here of any that I enjoy.

The first is lovinlife1902 visit:

http://lovinlife1902.blogspot.com/

This is Angela's blog! Angela is not your usual gap year backpacker
teacher. A plus point for me in my search for a blog that is relevant.
she has advanced her career in an amazing way after one year in Korea
from hagwon to university.

I have yet to find out what her job was before she left the US. But if
it was anything other than English teacher then this gs really great
going!!! well done Angela!

advice!

m.direct.gov.uk/syndicationController?action=view&st=0&utn=9f885d4bbcd648819652201112020703¶m=DG_4000018

some advice... can't help thinking that the content is a bit light!

WhAt'S nExT?

Even though it has only been 2 years since I went through the process of selling a property...  I am a bit confused as to what is happening!! 


So I put it on the market... F  i  n  a  l  l  y  someone came to view it and liked it as much as I do.
they made an offer
I REJECTED IT
They increased
I REJECTED
They increased
I ACCEPTED
...
THEN
...


Er....  Hello Hello!


This is where we have stopped - i know its only been a couple of days but shouldn't there be a letter, or a form... or something.... I rang the agency.. which incidentally is the same agency we bought the house from 
2 years ago and the Same GUY... ADAM...  I joked to him he must  be pleased at getting .. Y E T another bite of the cherry!!!!


Everything seems to be in order so we are just waiting...  I need some time... anyway...

Update!

Wow some great news!
After a bit of too-ing and fro-ing (no idea how to spell that!!!) we
seem to have finally found a buyer for our UK property and i just may
have (fingers crossed) made a profit on a property in a plummeting
market!
I hope to be able to confirm this tomorrow with the agent but we have
in principle accepted an offer on the house.
Started looking at what we can afford in Seoul and defined our
requirements and location for an apartment.
Hopefully soon i can publish this blog to my friends and family and
get into the habit of some more regular updates. I know also that i
need to brush up on my writing style and pace to keep it interesting
for you guys. My main aim for this blog has always been to bring you
with me on this journey to share my lows and highs.... Preparing for
lift off!
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Sent from my mobile device

Getting fit.

Still nothing happening with the house sale/move yet so the "Seoul Ambition" is still a way off.  But we have just returned from a great week in North Wales, what a beautiful country. So, I have decided that I will blog my fitness/weight loss progress here to aid my motivation.

Tonight I am going to start with the belly blaster exercises and tomorrow I plan to walk to work and RUN home from work!

Stage 1 some light reading... How to run! Will probably be following the rather wimpy sounding Run/Walk method.  This explained my painful shins whenever I try to run... apparently I need to keep my foot flat and not land on my toes.  Hopefully I will survive it.

Update: Reality Dawns

I am still here, here in the UK and here on Seoul Ambition.

What with the recent riots and the uncertainty of international markets there has been a lot of doom and gloom about and unfortunately I have yet to generate any interest in my property. The price is now at £169,990 to hopefully get it appearing in more search results.

On a more positive note, we are off to North Wales soon for a well earned break!

I still want the blog to remain fairly secret and it is still unpublicised and therefore still has no followers, even among the intended audience (my friends and family),  The reason for this is that in this socially connected world the Six degrees of separation I believe has been reduced to one or  two degrees and I still don't want my employer to know my plans, yet.  I am blogging (to myself) less frequently than I intended.   But the anticipation is there, when things start moving, when I start moving.  An usual story of British Teen undergoing tongue operation to better pronounce Korean left me feeling even more ashamed than usual about my poor Korean, especially upon hearing she had been studying for 2 years and is nearly fluent. Oh the shame!

The waiting is, as I have said getting to me now, especially with selling the house and the move to korea, but also (less importantly) I am waiting with this blog also.  The plan I have for it is to Blog during the moving an planning stages, where hopefully the experiences and information I gain will be of use to other people in similar situations. The blog will, hopefully, then develop into an account of my time spent in Korea.  At this stage there is also a possibility or extending the blog to include a personal homepage.