The old man seems to be moving more in favour of applying for a retirement Visa, but is taking two steps forward and one back.
The rules would seem to imply that if they pass the medicals, they might not need to actually pass over the moolah for up to a year… maybe eighteen months after initially applying. Nto sure how true this is but it would put off the evil day before their house would have to be sold for some time.
Of course they still have to pass the DIMIA medicals… but the suggestion is they go have a ‘pre-medical’ before they put the application in to see if they would qualify. After that they can decide if they’re willing to take the chance, spend the visa application fee… and appeal if one or both are deemed unfit.
The sister is getting the house valued this weekend… mainly because *if* it isn’t going to be able to raise sufficient capital then some sort of ‘Plan B’ will have to be created… though right now I don’t know what that would be… so to speak 🙂
I suppose in the end if the house isn’t deemed sufficiently valuable they’ll just have to return to the UK, which would be sad for everyone concerned… including the family in the UK.
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