Thanks. We hope to return to my birth country, whose citizens are allowed a family life (ie to marry foreigners and raise their children in their own home). My husband would also become a permanent citizen almost immediately, provided we apply within a certain time frame of returning to the country. But he also has to pass a medical, which last time (when he lived with me when I was completing my university studies) was a perfunctory box-ticking exercise, but as usual I am stressing at 2am about it. My childhood doctor is still working at the age of 70, so I am hoping she just taps his nethers and says he's a fine specimen of a man and signs the form, like last time, lol
We had to choose which country we settled in about six years ago and unfortunately it was the UK. Ah well, can't be undone now, and happily we were here for my lovely FIL at the end of his life. I have paid a lot into NI for pension, benefits and so on I can never access- but then so has my husband! And when you think of it, when we go and take our kids, your net migration figures will be just that much "better" (with the loss of several British citizens + the dreaded foreign spouse/mum, so -4 on the human balance sheet... hurray), so all those here on this thread who think legal migrants are the problem with this country should be very happy and relieved. You are welcome.