The Home Office has said that it wants to require foreign spouses to speak English too.

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Alan Manning and Andreas Georgiadis of the London School of Economics crunched data to show that British-born Pakistanis, or those who immigrated as children, are more likely to have foreign spouses than those who came to Britain as adults.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan and Britain

So it was noteworthy when the Home Affairs Ministry announced on May 27 that 12 foreign spouses of Singaporeans, who have been or were about to be repatriated because they have the AIDS virus, would be allowed to return or stay in the country.

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But the Tories have refused to match the firm commitment by Labour and the Liberal Democrats to ease the restrictions on Britons of foreign origin bringing their spouses and families from abroad to live with them.

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Spouses may file a single FBAR if the foreign account is jointly owned, the FBAR is timely filed by one spouse and both spouses sign the FBAR.

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Spouses should realize that a foreign posting is not a vacation, Couper counsels.

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On Tuesday, Mr Putin introduced a bill which forbids officials and their spouses from keeping money in foreign bank accounts.

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The Senate measure also would make it easier for skilled foreign workers to switch jobs and for their spouses to find work.

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