So very close...

[deird_lj]

Anyone from the UK want to marry me?

I've just been checking out my visa possibilities - I have 90 points, out of a necessary 95.
Which means I am 5 points off getting a highly skilled migrant visa for England next year. 5 points!

This does not seem fair.

Looking into it, the only ways I can increase my points are:
a) get a PhD
b) get experience working in the UK (without getting a visa beforehand...)
c) convince my boss to pay me more money

Personally, I think it'll be a lot easier if I just circumvent the whole process by marrying someone with a British passport, and get my visa the old-fashioned way...
So: I'm young, I'm attractive, and I know how to cook. Any takers?
 

Comments

[taiba.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't you also have to prove that you had some sort of romantic relationship and that it wasn't a marriage just for the sake of the visa?

[ib-stormcaller.livejournal.com]

err thats pretty easy to fake i think...

also... there is something about a 2 year rule IIRC - at least for australia (ie have to be married for 2 years after arriving in country

[taiba.livejournal.com]

It's similar in England as far as citizenship goes - have to be married for 3 years.

I don't know about a work visa, though.

It's got me worried about my own plans, actually. Well, at least agencies exist...

[taiba.livejournal.com]

Well, if you're married you get fast-tracked to 3 years from the normal waiting period of 5 to get your citizenship, rather.