Setting your better half up with bank accounts,drivers licence and so forth..

I agree, it is steep

@Micawber This would appear to be the correct way to transfer a visa to a BRP...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...r-visa-to-biometric-residence-permit-form-toc

That's exactly the TOC form I posted a direct link to in my post Howerd

Point conceded!

It's not about points

Question on the 'provisional drivers licence' point. On the webpage https://www.gov.uk/apply-first-provisional-driving-licence it states

"provide addresses where you’ve lived over the last 3 years"

If my wife has only been in the UK for 2 months how do you get past this requirement ?

Just give them the information they ask for, use her previous address in the Philippines and her new UK one.

thanks .. guess I will have to get the paper form from the post office then, as the website only allows UK postal codes to be entered.