is this an unbearable setback?

long time no post.

anyway, hello again.  I've posted before that my british husband and i plan to move back to the UK in about a year and that I am applying to university there.

I will keep this short.  My health has rapidly declined and I have to have a total joint replacement surgery in November.  I will be off work for two months.  Obviously, this leaves us in somewhat of a monetary bind. 

We won't have much money in savings when we go to make the visa application.  I think (hope) that if my husband goes first and secures a job that we should be okay.

Does anyone have a similar story?  Any advice?  Experience? 

I appreciate it in advance!!!

You are right -- if he goes first and has a job it shouldnt be a problem. We had very little money in savings.

Helena

Hi, trillian. Sorry to hear about your health troubles! Good luck with your surgery!!

The only thing I can add to this is that you'll probably still be considered an "international student" at universities regardless of your marriage until you've lived in the UK for three years. I have been here on a student visa for a year and will be switching to a spousal visa before uni starts again this term, but I'm still bound to pay international student fees because I haven't been a resident for three years.

The loophole (at least at my uni) is that there is no provision for internationals going to school part-time since they would normally be required to study full-time in order to fulfill the requirements of the student visa. SO by having a spousal visa, my uni. was stuck letting me pay home student fees in order to go part-time. Of course there is yet another "but" to the story - even though I'll be part-time and paying home student fees, my uni. had a (rather arbitrary, IMHO) rule that international students going part-time have to have a job for a minimum of 25-hours per week.

Hope that helps a bit....

Yep...the higher rates for international students even apply at the Open University!  I'm thinking about going back for my masters, but I think I'll be waiting until I've been here for three years first--will save a lot of money!   

Thanks for the replies!  I always get such a warm response here (even though I read far more than I post).

I am going to go ahead and make my applications for university and plan to come.  I just hope I don't get denied entry after DH moves there!!

I'll keep ya'll posted.

thanks again!