I know this questions should not be posted here. Can moderator please move wherever it belongs too. :-(**
Can some living in UK please enlighten me.**
My eldest brothers lives in UK and was given UK Residency/Nationality almost 8 months before. My father who is 60 years and Mother about 53 years old planning to shift UK and stay with Bhai.
Just wondering how much time will it requires for them to move UK after Bhai process his Visa. What documentations are needed? What is UK current Laws for Parents residency?
How much time will require obtaining Nationality for them? I think my elder brother is applying for Multiple Visa for them.
So does your brother now hold an ILR or British Passport?
@53 I’d say one of your parents may struggle to ‘settle’ as UK guidlines are getting stricter and that age say it took 10 years for all the paperwork etc to be processed your Mother would be at the age of potentially being a burden on the NHS without having paid any tax. That’s now the UK government is now thinking. A visitors visa shouldn’t be a problem providing she can provide documents to provide she can support herself whilst in the UK.
Please consult the HO website.
Here is a snippet of the info on there:
Adult dependent relatives Family of settled persons
This page explains how you can come to live permanently in the UK as an adult dependent relative of someone who is already a permanent resident here.
You can apply for permission to settle permanently here (known as ‘indefinite leave to enter or remain’) if you are:
aged 18 or over; and
a parent, grandparent, brother, sister, son or daughter of a British citizen or person settled in the UK.
Can you apply?You can apply to join a settled person in the UK if:
You need long-term personal care to perform every day tasks, such as washing and cooking.
The care you need is not available in the country where you are living, either because it is not available and there is no person in the country where you are living who can reasonably provide it or it is not affordable.
Your sponsor can show that he or she is able to provide adequate maintenance, accommodation and care for you without having to rely on public funds. Your sponsor will need to sign a sponsorship undertaking form to confirm that they will be responsible for your care without relying on public funds for a period of at least 5 years.
Please note the bold text above. As you can see, settling in the UK has kind of become a case of ‘do you need to be here’ rather than an automatic right. BTW the HO carry out extensive checks so there’s no point in saying there are no kids in Pak to look after their parents if there is. They don’t always call you; they can turn up in the area and ask locals. I am aware of a family whose visa was refused and passport was stamped with a 10 year ban on reapplying.
Public funds are welfare payments. You need to check which ones they are.
An example of a large change is how partners how have to complete a longer stay in the UK, and have a clean record before the HO will even consider processing their citizenship. Immigration rules are set to become extremely tight from the end of 2013. This means your parents will be effected by the changes. I assume your brother watches the news and will understand what this means to your family dynamics.
Multiple Vistors visas for the UK no longer ‘automatically’ result in a strong case for residency.
Also, do you have other siblings? Are they married? Are they young/old? All these things are taken into consideration. Do they earn? This will be looked at by the HO as whilst they are visitors they are expected to support themselves. They would need to provide realistic bank statements too.
Your family would be best seeking the advice of a Immigration Solicitor who well isn’t after just money.
I don’t think they can come here permanently and definitely will not be able to get nationality based on their son’s nationality or residence. He can invite them as a visitors and they can stay 3 to 6 months at a time… depending on how long they are granted. They would then have to go back and reapply for another visitor visa.
I had to look into this recently since my father’s friend (a Dr.) had his dad over on a visitor visa and was inquiring how he can keep his father here for longer since he was in poor health. But there was no way we could find.
Previously, people came over to the UK, they became British brought over family on repeated visas and eventually they completed a long stretch of time in the UK and qualified to apply in the UK using the 'I need care' card. Now yes a dependant who needs care can apply; but it's not straight forward.
Your brother needs to get their visas in place before even thinking of the long term outlook of their potential residency.
As Stoppit said 3-6 months visas are what are usually issued. Multiple doesn't really mean much TBH.
Completing 5 years in the UK seems quite long if you only get a 6 month visa only.
I think we posted literally within minutes of each other. High five for your informative post!
Immigration stuff is getting so strict I'm wondering if they will want me to produce my grandfathers original docs from 1957 when he first came to the UK to prove I am entitled to be in the country? Must ask him where they are!
They will not be able to come here indefinately unless they show that they are totally dependant on their son, which is hard as they have each other and if they have other family in pak.