Thanks Obie, this is going to be helpful , is it good idea to mention this case in covering letter for a case worker ?
And please advise if 7 money transfer receipts from my wife and 2 receipts from me are going to be ok ?
Thank you
Before sponsoring an adult, I always recommend going to see a financial adviser and do some mathematics regarding your disposable income. Most banks offer such service for free to their clients. As a sponsor, you can get carried away by your generosity and willingness to help someone but you don't actually measure how much is it going to cost you over the years. An adult needs more than just sitting with you at the dinner table and having a mattress somewhere. An adviser can help you to prepare a realistic schedule of the costs and see if you can afford them.
Then, your wife sending money for 7 months, you can just remove that from the equation. A non-EEA sending money to a non-EEA doesn't build any right.
2 receipts from me are going to be ok ?
Absolutely not. You will never demonstrate a dependency with 2 Western Union receipts for an EEA EFM application. They need to see a whole financial situation and the dependency genuinely established over a long period of time. That dependency should be so strongly formulated that it would be easier for the Home Office to approve the application than to dismiss it with a refusal.
Last time I have seen a successful EEA EFM, the application contained dozens of documents proving dependency over more than 3 years. Some documents were:
- Medical invoices from a clinic showing the dependent as patient but the sponsor as the person to pay. Then bank statement showing the money leaving the sponsor's account and being paid to the clinic
- Various school / training invoices showing the dependent as beneficiary but with the invoice addressed to the sponsor + proof of payment
- Various flights tickets showing the dependent as passenger but paid by the sponsor credit card
... etc.
And there was a social situation explaining how the applicant became dependent of the EEA sponsor. The application was accepted within 6 weeks.
I think as in any application, the Home Office is perceived as adversary. But still, it's important to respect them and avoid creating artificial situations to fit under an immigration category. They treat millions of applications a year so they are very good as spotting artificial situations.
If you quickly send 2 or 3 Western Union then fill an EEA EFM, it will be refused. Then, the person would never qualify for a visitor visa. It means if you want to invite her later for any occasion, she won't be accepted as a visitor as the failed immigration application will stay on her records for as long as she shall live.
To be honest, we are in May 2020 and to this day, she is not dependent. I don't see you building a convincing artificial situation in the next 8 or 12 weeks to pass the EEA EFM dependency requirements.
