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rocky789
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Bring parents to UK

Post by rocky789 » Mon Aug 07, 2023 9:06 pm

I would like to bring my parents over from Pakistan.

I married in the UK and have indefinte leave to remain. I have no siblings and my parents are in Pakistan on thier own. I send money to them to help them, as they're dont have any other income. How can I bring them over to the UK? What is the best route and what are my chances?

I will be grateful for all your advice.

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Re: Bring parents to UK

Post by Casa » Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:06 pm

rocky789 wrote:
Mon Aug 07, 2023 9:06 pm
I would like to bring my parents over from Pakistan.

I married in the UK and have indefinte leave to remain. I have no siblings and my parents are in Pakistan on thier own. I send money to them to help them, as they're dont have any other income. How can I bring them over to the UK? What is the best route and what are my chances?

I will be grateful for all your advice.
Very few applications for an Adult Dependent visa have succeeded, since the Immigration Rules were tightened in July 2012.
In order to stand any chance of success, your parents would have to submit documented evidence that they meet the following conditions:
They BOTH require daily help with simple tasks such as bathing, dressing and preparing food
AND
That help isn't available in their home country or is not affordable

The Case Worker will consider that if you are able to afford the necessary care in the UK, you will be able to cover the costs in their home country.

Among the relatively small percentage of applications which have been approved. many of these have been after lengthy and costly Court appeals, or the parent is living in a country with higher care costs, such as the USA.
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Re: Bring parents to UK

Post by vinny » Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:33 am

As nopal’s example shows.
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Re: Bring parents to UK

Post by secret.simon » Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:01 pm

A recent parliamentary questioning of the Home Secretary elicited the answer that the number of people who came into the UK on the ADR route was in single digits per year for the last few years, going down to zero for some years.

The UK (a) doesn't do chain/family migration and (b) looks primarily at working age (or will be working-age, i.e. children) immigration, due to a shortage of workers in the UK.
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