My sister moved over to NZ 5 years ago, has residency, full time work etc, is living with her oh (a Kiwi), who she has a 1 year old daughter with. He is a Carpenter. Baby has dual nationality.
They want to move back to the UK early next year, but the complication is that he, whilst young and foolish, once turned up to the UK completely visa-less and so has it on record that he has once before been turned away. He then returned some time later with the proper paperwork and gained entry, got a job in a bar here (which is where they met) and stayed here until that visa ran out. They returned to NZ together.
Does anyone have any advice on how best to approach the application? it would seem straightforward if she were here settled with the baby already, and they were just applying for him to join them, but how do they go about applying all at the same time? Do they both need work arranged in advance? Or just one of them? Is there a lower limit they need to earn?
Is there anywhere over there (she is in Wellington) she can get advice that isn't going to cost a fortune?
We have gone round in circles online and never seem to get any clearcut answers!