@Henry ********
this is the best answer so far. It’s been easy for my girlfriend ( now wife) for the last 7 years. She just proved that she had a respectable job to go back to as well as her elderly mother. No savings required on her behalf but I had to provide proof of funds to cover her visits. However we both agree that England has become an over priced, crime ridden,tax to the hilt shithouse run by imbeciles so shall be relocating permanently to Thailand next year