I've been trying to read up more on the economic situation in the UK, which, while I knew it wasn't good, I'd been trying to think positively about. But the more I read, the more doubts I have that we will have any luck finding employment (in our fields or not - I'd be happy to take pretty much whatever I could find for a while) before we totally run out of funds and have to come back to the US.
My question is - and it sort of pains me to even write it out - what are the repercussions if we don't enter the UK for a while? My husband's Tier 1 visa (and, presumably, my dependant visa, once we get that back) will begin June 15, 2009. If we stay in the US for a while, save up some more funds, and keep our fingers crossed that the global economy picks up in the next few months, what would that mean for us? I'm wondering if staying here for another 6-12 months might not be such a bad thing if it means a hopefully greater chance of finding work once we do move.
I know that I had asked a very similar question about getting the visa stamped (we already have our flights booked for July through Dublin) and the idea was that if we didn't get it stamped within 28 days, we would end up shelling out for another visa down the road if/when we applied for an extension. But what happens if we either a) get it stamped somehow within the 28 days still, but then return to the US or b) delay our entry entirely for an extended period of time? Are the issues still the same, in that we would have to both apply/pay for an extra visa when extension time came around, as well as that we might run into problems with the total time out of the UK, if we were able to eventually apply for ILR? (I'm pretty sure it's ILR that has that time restriction, right?) Or are there other issues entirely that I'm not even aware of?
As always, thanks so much for your advice.
