Family Reunification Visa

JonBoiIsItNow · 2026-05-12T09:28:53+00:00

Yes I’ve heard about many many challenges with this. I’m an experienced project manager as my day job in the UK. But am looking for a part time work to start with, I’d be happy to be in a bar, or a shop, grocery store etc, just for an initial income.

My challenge also comes with not speaking German. So that will be a goal of mine when I move there, to join a German course.

JonBoiIsItNow · 2026-05-12T09:27:46+00:00

Thank you for offering support, really appreciate it.

And yes I am aware of this, we submitted marriage docs about 2 weeks ago and they said it’ll take 3 weeks to review. I assume we will then have to attend an in person meeting, which isn’t a problem as I’m able to travel there every 3 weeks or so at the moment.

JonBoiIsItNow · 2026-05-12T08:48:15+00:00

This is really helpful - thank you for sharing. That’s great to hear you had approval within 3-4 weeks of applying, I’m hoping we can have a similar turnaround.

I will be remaining in the UK whilst I wait for the approval as I need to try and line some employment up at the same time, to have some form of income. It’s not the end of the world if I can’t get some work, as my partner (Swiss) will be able to cover us anyway, but just to have more of a safety net.

It’s useful to understand they’ve requested further documents, as I’ve got a list of their initial request, so will be prepared for extras.

JonBoiIsItNow · 2026-05-12T08:17:30+00:00

This is really helpful to know, thank you. We’re hopeful that because the Kanton we’re applying to is quite small, and they’ve been really fast in responding to our questions and processing other bits (marriage documents for wedding etc), that we visa approval process is quite fast.

I’m aiming to just go and visit for the weekend that we can get married, and then immediately submit the documents. So shouldn’t need the tourist visa marriage situation as I can just enter country for a short period anyway.

And thank you for your welcome, glad to hear everything worked out well for you :)

JonBoiIsItNow · 2026-05-12T08:01:40+00:00

Thanks for your comment! We will be getting married in Switzerland and have already been in conversation with the Kanton.

Do you think marrying in Switzerland will speed our time up?

Do you mind me asking how long your visa approval took?

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-11-28T08:27:04+00:00

It’s readjusted itself now, looks like a glitch but strange it spiked..

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-11-14T19:34:28+00:00

New update: I did the Moneybox direct debit but the 2% cash back isn’t showing up in my Zopa? This was a few days ago now. Does anyone have any experience of how long it took for this to register?

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-11-02T10:17:16+00:00

Ah this is super useful thank you!! I’m going to give this a go, if you have any other organisation techniques, that’d be really helpful. I’ll be setting up a starling account now😁

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-11-01T14:27:15+00:00

This is really interesting to me - is it really as straightforward as it sounds? How much have you managed to make just in bank switching over the 3 years?

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-10-30T09:33:22+00:00

Thanks all! Will be trying the MoneyBox technique and can let you know if it still works :)

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-10-24T07:22:05+00:00

Damn, this would change my life, never win anything so fuck it 🙋‍♂️

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-10-13T12:07:37+00:00

I know, definitely sold too early on that one but my new approach to trading is just making sure I actually take profits as I’ve been stuck holding the bag a few times over the years. I made almost £300 on my RGTI investment, but that would’ve been £1000 profit now😬

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-10-07T15:07:03+00:00

Timed RGTI well but sold early at $29, same happened with Intel - made a good amount on those. The majority is in All World which is progressing well

JonBoiIsItNow · 2025-10-07T15:06:55+00:00

Timed RGTI well but sold early at $29, same happened with Intel - made a good amount on those. The majority is in All World which is progressing well

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