are you sure its not just a holiday romance ..and also there is a chance he could be just using you to come to england and stay here.

He will need a visa, which costs a lot of money, and is not guaranteed.
If you look on this site -

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/vafs/

you will get some idea of whats involved.

He will not be able to legally work in the UK until he has a settlement visa. And, regardless of his work experience and qualifications in Turkey, he is by no means sure to get work in a similar field in the UK. He may well find himself relying on part time or Agency work, if he gets anything at all, in the first year or so. Thats always supposing he is granted a visa in the first place.

I am married to a Turkish man, but I spent 4 years with him (and not on week or fortnight-long holidays) before we decided to get married. Its not easy, the red tape is an extremely stressful process, and as I say, he's not guaranteed a visa, or a job, at the end of it all.

Elaine

I don't know how long you have been together, or how welk you know each other, bu the UK is changing to a points system for work visas and being married to someone does not give you the right to work here.

It may be that he has friends in the UK who have got in under the old system of fiance visas etc.... Also you will have the burden of being a sponsor, having suitable accomodation etc.

Check the FCO website .

There is an MSN group - English girlfriends of turkish men - they may be a better place for you to ask queries - there are some successes on there.

I wish you all the luck, I also married a foreign national who is a naturalised British subject now with a British passport and we've been married for nearly 30 years now.
But a word of caution, there are some unscrupulous individuals who will stop at nothing to be allowed entry into the UK, so if you have not known this man for very long please do not rush into anything, no matter what your heart is telling you. Also, you will need to ask yourselves a few difficult questions. Is he leaving a large close-knit family behind who will make emotional/financial demands upon him? Is he a devout Muslim who might expect you to change your lifestyle to fit in with his belief system? Are you expecting him to change to fit in with your current lifestyle? Is he a strong enough person mentally to live and work in the UK without the family/friends and lifestyle that he had in Turkey? Are you a strong enough person mentally to become his prop if he is homesick, depressed, out of work etc?
Sadly sometimes 'being in love' just isn't enough, so please do look at your situation objectively.

hey,well all i can say is theres no hurry! ive been married to my turkish hubby for 3 years next month, been together more than 4 years, hes been here in uk since june this year, we married in 2006...........we waited to be organised and sure cos as well as some of these guys being players, for the real ones its a big step and not easy when theyr here. when my hubby came he really struggled to fine work, only for someone i know getting him a waiter one im sure he would still be looking,even the one he is in isnt being fair but we need him to work. he finds it hard having no friends here, he finds the accent very different and doesnt always understand fully when people talk to him, he misses the weather,food,friends and family........we decideed to settle here after me having lived in turkey twice-last year and 2006 so at least we had tried there. visas are very hard to come by,you have to prove your whole relationship,there is no privacy-emails,msn convos,phonebills,photos etc etc, i had to keep these over the 4 year period we were together, i had to prove my relationship and marriage,thankfully we were lucky and got the visa-in some ways id actually say in hindsight thats the easy bit, teh hardest bit is when theyre here, i found it strange when my friend said this to me previosuly but now i understand,good luck is all i can say and dont rush, be sure,there are too many players just wanting visa and to bump you........of course dont tar them all with the same brush, my hubbys a good one lol

wow what a negative response you got! Why is it when a Turkish guy and British girl are involved it is always about him just wanting a visa!

I know a good site I can pm to you which has good advice on it if you send me a pm

Hi Yalikavaklizzy and welcome to the forum!

As Elaine says, he will need a visa to come to England and they are very costly and also difficult to get now. Most people are already married when they apply but I think you can get a Fiance visa that allows you to marry when he gets here.

Have a look at the visa site Elaine has suggested and also have a look at http://turkishlove.yuku.com/ you will find lots of visa info on this site and also be able to chat to people who have been through or are going through the visa process at the moment.

I am married to a Turkish man too and he has been in the Uk for 4 years now so if I can help in any way just pm me.

Kedi

hi greenshoes ..because its normally all the guy is after ..

Johndoe, yes that is possible but as we don't know anything about this lady's circumstances it is a bit unfair to assume that.

greenshoes I didn't say anything at all in my post about the guy "just wanting a visa". However, the fact remains he will need a visa if he wants to settle in the UK, and its by no means automatic that he'll get it, or a job when he gets here.

And I agree with ardath - as much as we'd all like it to be the case, love isn't enough, and it won't cut through the red tape.

I'm not being negative, I'm being realistic - and I have no axe to grind on the issue, I'm happily married, and have been with my husband for 10 years.

Elaine

A lady in our village met a Turkish man on holidays around 11 years ago. She stayed out there with him for several months, & then married him in Turkey. He wanted to come to live in Britain to have a better way of life. She returned on her own & they tried to sort out a visa - which was denied. When she found herself pregnant she went back out there intending to settle out there. When she got there he's moved on - no forwarding address - surprise! surprise! The child is now 9 and she has seen hide nor hair of him since. She had one phone call a few years back to say that when the child was 10, he'd be coming to get her . I don't know all your circumstances, but I would be very wary if I was you.

yalikavac lizzy wrote:

I have met a turkish man, he is wanting to move to England from Turkey so we can get married. How do I sort this out. Can he move here and we get married and he gets a job?

Have you googled the Turkish love rates forum ?

Someone I worked with was in exactly the same situation. He got his visa got her pregnant and then left her more of less immediatey. Never heard form him again, no money nothing, the CSA cant get in touch etc.

There is no benefits system in Turkey, thats why he wanted to come here, easy money easy living, he didnt want her at all, fleeced her money from her etc

There was a lot more involved in this. I would really think carefully about what you are doing.

http://www.youchoose.net/campaign/turkish_love_rats

Good grief 368 views but only 13 posts.

Oh please! So men in England never run out on their pregnant girlfriends then?

Three people have replied who are all in successful marriages with Turkish men. As I said before, no-one knows this lady's circumstances so why do you all feel the need to keep going on about how bad some men can be. She asked for some information not for a lecture!

What difference does it make about Englishmen thats competely she is asking about a Turk ????

As people say about you you are always on the defensive by attacking.

Brits dont need to marry to get a visa.

You dont know anything about her circumstanes either.

Just because you married a Turk doesn't mean it works out for everyone (like the young girl I knew) people are just urging caution.
Also I am not really sure what this has to do with holidays ? This is a holiday forum anyway said my bit, Im sure she knows how to use google there is tons of stuff on there she can research especially if she has a name to look up.

Waffling on about Loverats is completely too. Someone comes on the forum asking a question, some people give her an answer to that question but others just launch into a lecture about why she shouldn't marry this man and how everyone thinks Turkish men are rats.

Why can't people just answer her question and leave it at that. That was her first post on this forum, if she reads everything people have written she will probably never come back again.

Ok can we all please just stick to the question asked by yalikavac lizzy. Am sure she's read enough in the papers, magazines about love rats (of all nationalities).

Thank you Glynis.

Hi. I just wanted to say that I wish you all the luck in the world and that I hope you will be very happy together. If you are both commitied then the tape etc... can be overcome, others have done it so why not you?

Best Wishes
Ruth