Getting EC for HSMP Dependent while HSMP already in UK

Hi All,

Some of you may remember me from my previous posts here. Yeah, its nice to see my original post "EC Application - My Findings" still hanging out there on the first page. Anyway, after a 3-4 months gap I am back here (I was too occupied in getting settled here hence the gap). I am already in London with my wife and my 2 year old son. The life here has been not up to what I expected; but holding it together and hoping to achieve what I came here for. Anyway!

The query I have this time is: what is the process to get an EC for a person in India as HSMP dependent while I (HSMP holder) am here in UK?

The Background (and some may find it usefull perspective): My wife finds it very hard to spend time at home when i am gone on the road doing my work. She complains about not having good society, good food, good weather, etc. etc. So I have decided that I will bring her aunt here for her company. Thats why I want to know how could I process aunt's EC while I am here in UK.

Thanks All!

Ravi

Ravi,

Your wife's aunt is NOT HSMP Dependent..Only your spouse and kids are HSMP dependent..

May be try for Visitors Visa for your aunt.Other members can help in this regards, as i dont know much abt. Visitors Visa..

HTH
Ashish

You can't bring your wife's aunt to live in the UK under your HSMP visa. You could apply for a visit visa, max. 6 months, though.

Amanda / Ashish,

Thanks for your reply! I got what I wanted to know (though it's not a good news for me that she can stay with us only from 6 months)!

Thanks again!

- Ravi

Dude, maybe you can help you wife out in another way, by making her network with some ppl with similar backgrounds or interests. Try www.gumtree.com, or www.craigslist.com. You are in a new society and all, but it is pretty multicultural (unless you are in some remote location 1000s of miles away from London), so she should be able to find someone to bond with. Remember, we are brown, and we do adapt pretty well

Suggest she joins some organisations with likeminded people/people also from your country. Let's face it, if you're going to be here for a long time, she could probably do with some (more) friends.

You can bring her aunt as a visitor, but I don't know about her staying for 6 months. A visa is for 6 months but the immigration officer might decide to give her 2 months or whatever, so don't plan on having her half a year...as a visitor?? Come on!!

BTW, my first paragraph is simply reflecting that you tend to have to meet new people. Even if her aunt comes and she is ok for the length of her visit, what happens when the aunt goes back? She will probably feel even more lonely. I am not sure where you are, but if you're in a big city, try looking through the multikulti website (use a search engine to find out the website) for nice organisations, maybe for mothers with toddlers.

Just a FYI for other people..."dependents" for student, WP, HSMP and other types of visas are not for extended family memebers..cousins, aunts, uncles, neices, nephews, parents, do not count, no matter the age.