Ines Delacroix
immigration solicitor
Meticulous; the bundle wins the case
Family Visa
The income rule, the evidence bundle and a refusal on a technicality. Daniel and Amira learn spouse-visa law while living two thousand miles apart, appeal the refusal, and discover how much of a marriage can survive on video calls.
Planned · not started yet
Migration & life abroad Belonging Family duty Living with uncertainty Across borders Tense Hopeful
The premise
The income rule, the evidence bundle and a refusal on a technicality. Daniel and Amira learn spouse-visa law while living two thousand miles apart, appeal the refusal, and discover how much of a marriage can survive on video calls.
The protagonist
Daniel and Amira Hughes-Haddad — A British husband and Jordanian wife separated by the visa process
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Gareth Petrov
immigration caseworker
Practical; knows how decisions are made
Nadia Bellamy
family-finance adviser
Supportive; plans the money behind the application
How the story moves
Application, refusal, appeal and arrival over eighteen months; each stage tests the marriage as much as the paperwork.
What readers take away
- Spouse-visa requirements
- The financial requirement and acceptable evidence
- Relationship and accommodation evidence
- The English-language requirement
- Refusals and administrative review
- Appeals and human-rights grounds
- The route to settlement and its costs
- Living apart during the process
- Prepare a relationship-evidence bundle
- Calculate income for the financial requirement
- Use priority services
- Plan for extension and settlement
The books
- 1Apart Planned
- 2The application Planned
- 3Refused Planned
- 4The appeal Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.