Stressing about WA coronavirus

This really sucks but I agree, it's a very risky decision.

In the absence of medical insurance which as mentioned, will be almost impossible to get in these circumstances, any medical treatment beyond the initial emergency stabilisation would be charged at 150% of the going rate. And any outstanding medical debt over £500 can result in the refusal of a partner visa.

Thanks for the encouraging messages (!)

She's young and healthy and hopefully won't need any medical help in the next few months. We have money and don't have any plans to get a serious disease any time soon.

Why wouldn't she be allowed into the country?

Thanks for the encouraging messages (!)

She's young and healthy and hopefully won't need any medical help in the next few months. We have money and don't have any plans to get a serious disease any time soon.

What happens if she contracts coronavirus (either while in the UK or from someone on the plane) and has to get medical help or be hospitalised?

Just because she is young and healthy, doesn’t mean she won’t get it. We’re all at risk of getting infected right now.

If something does happen and doesn’t have insurance, she could end up with bills of thousands of pounds, which must be paid off in full before she applies for her spousal visa or the visa will be automatically refused.

Why wouldn't she be allowed into the country?

Does she have a return ticket back to the US to prove she will definitely return there within 6 months?

Does she have evidence of enough money to support her entire trip without working?

Does she have evidence of a job to go back to in the US?

Does she have evidence of a home she is maintaining in the US and continuing to pay for while she is in the UK?

Does she have evidence that she is a genuine tourist and is not coming to to ‘live’ with you for the next few months?

These are just all the normal things they can ask about, and can refuse entry over... and that’s not even taking into account the current worldwide pandemic, the worry over infected passengers arriving in the UK from other countries, countries closing borders, countries banning travel, people panicking, and governments making tough decisions as they try to contain/delay the spread of the virus.


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Thanks for the encouraging messages (!)

She's young and healthy and hopefully won't need any medical help in the next few months. We have money and don't have any plans to get a serious disease any time soon.

Why wouldn't she be allowed into the country?

We are not trying to rain on your parade. We are informing you so that you have an idea of what you are in for, potentially.

Even if we were not in the midst of this global crisis, to travel without insurance is foolhardy. There is the possibility of having an accident too, not just illness to worry about.
 But you must be aware of the reasons for these travel bans? I don't want to be alarmist but you sound incredibly naive to the risks, to every single one of us right now.

They might not let her in because they know that she may not be able to leave again if these bans are still in place.

Where *on earth* has all this non insured chat come from? When did I say she doesn't have health insurance? I'm not going to contribute on this thread anymore, you're being hysterical

Where *on earth* has all this non insured chat come from? When did I say she doesn't have health insurance? I'm not going to contribute on this thread anymore, you're being hysterical

Instead of telling us that she has insurance and she is fully covered for all eventualities, including Covid 19, you told us "She's young and healthy and hopefully won't need any medical help in the next few months. We have money and don't have any plans to get a serious disease any time soon. "

Make sure to check the exclusions on the policy, coronavirus may be excluded. Also, are you talking about her regular US health insurance policy or travel health insurance? If the former sometimes they don't even fully cover healthcare out of state so you will want to check, if you haven't already what the situation would be for travel out of the country.

Not being hysterical.  I would hate for you guys to have trouble being together long term based on a spot decision.  We’ve seen too many families unable to be together due to NHS debt, including a member who’s child was 2 years old before they could finally be together.  She got pregnant while on a tourist visa and was told she did not need to pay.  She *had* insurance!  And it took years to resolve.  All while she was in the US with her child and her husband was in the UK unable to be with her and his own child.

Stay safe!

Sorry for the hysterical comment. that wasn't ok. I apologise.

I'm incrediy stressed right now and am questioning everything. If we had just gone about earlier this would have all been ok and now we're in this really messed up situation....

Sorry for the hysterical comment. that wasn't ok. I apologise.

I'm incrediy stressed right now and am questioning everything. If we had just gone about earlier this would have all been ok and now we're in this really messed up situation....

We get it.  Just don’t do anything to screw up the long term outlook.  We care! 

Sorry for the hysterical comment. that wasn't ok. I apologise.

I'm incrediy stressed right now and am questioning everything. If we had just gone about earlier this would have all been ok and now we're in this really messed up situation....

Thank you. That's understandable. This whole thing is completely rubbish and I am sorry your plans have been so badly affected. I really hope this will be something that we can just look back on once we're all safely on the other side.

Sorry for the hysterical comment. that wasn't ok. I apologise.

I'm incrediy stressed right now and am questioning everything. If we had just gone about earlier this would have all been ok and now we're in this really messed up situation....

We get it. We just don’t want you to find that a snap decision made now, affects your ability to qualify for a visa in future, especially with all the uncertainty over the virus.

We’re all worried about what’s happening at the moment, and none of us could have known that this would end up happening so quickly, right now.

I’m currently deployed on a tiny island 4000 miles from home (which thankfully doesn’t have the virus yet) and I’m supposed to be flying back to the UK via Florida in 5 weeks, but now I have no idea what will happen with my flights or when I will get home. I was supposed to be spending 2 days at Disney World on my way back and going on holiday to Italy in May - the Italy holiday has been cancelled now and my Florida trip most likely will be as well... yet, just 10 days ago I was excitedly booking my hotel, making plans and I very nearly bought park tickets, because I didn’t imagine this would happen now.

My brother is supposed to be moving back to the UK from South Africa in the next few weeks... and similar to me, he likely has no idea when he will be able to get home either. He’s been living away from the UK for 8 years.


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It's a living nightmare mentally right now. I'm on my way to Heathrow on a train hoping that she will be able to get thru customs. If she does then at least we can be together through these unprecedented times and build an even stronger relationship.

What will be, will be.

Some say don't make any msitakes that can harm us in the future ..... What things could we do that could cause serious problems down the line?

Getting pregnant is obviously a terrible idea.
Getting sick isn't a good idea either obviously
Overstaying the visa would obviously be disastrous for visa applications

What else should we do/not do should we be heading back ok the train together this afternoon?

This is so so so so crazy

It's a living nightmare mentally right now. I'm on my way to Heathrow hoping that she will be able to get thru customs.

What will be, will be.

What things could we do that could cause serious problems down the line?

Getting pregnant is obviously a terrible idea.
Getting sick isn't a good idea either obviously
Overstaying the visa would obviously be disastrous

What else should we be very careful of?

She is not permitted to volunteer or work, even remotely, while she is in the UK. That one catches a lot of people out.

Best of luck. 

No questions asked. Straight through passport and customs. On my way to see her now

No screening, temp checks, nothing. I hope the total blind hope that we'll-all-just-get-this-and-then-be-ok-and-not-actually-be-an-oldagedpensioner-annahialiation policy of our government works out ok.

No questions asked. Straight through passport and customs. On my way to see her now

No screening, temp checks, nothing. I hope the total blind hope that we'll-all-just-get-this-and-then-be-ok-and-not-actually-be-an-oldagedpensioner-annahialiation policy of our government works out ok.

That’s great .

Though it is concerning that they’re not carrying out any checks or screening.


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