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by flann » Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:00 pm
Hi there.
I helped a friend of mine (originally from Kosovo but with British Passport) apply for his wife to join him in the UK on a Spouse visa. This was successful in late 2018. When we made the application, we also included in section 55 details of her dependent child who is 10 years old. In section 80 we included a statement that whilst the daughter was named in the application, she was going to remain in Kosovo living with her grandparent until the end of the academic year and then seek to bring her in to the UK to join her mother.
My friend's wife is now happily living in the UK with her husband (my friend) and we are unclear what the next step is to get the daughter to join her mother.
Important context: The 10 year old girl is the offspring of another man - since divorced from the applicant. The genetic father has had no recent involvement in the upbringing of the child. The applicant has sole custody of the child and a court order signed by the child's genetic father (a notorised transaltion of a legal Power of Attorney). This PoA is explicit in consenting to the child applying for visa and emigrate overseas to live with the mother.
The applicant's intention is to now bring her daughted to live in the UK to live with her and complete her primary school education in London. They are already speaking with potential schools locally.
My questions are:
1. By naming the child as a dependent on the mother's application, have we effectively already applied for the child's visa? We had no follow-up from the HO in relation to issuance of visa or biometrics for the child.
2. What is the correct application we need to make now? Do you know what the charge is for this? Will my friend need to resubmit all of the financial and other evidence (of the sponsor) or will the previous application for the mother (which named the dependent child) suffice in this regard?
3. Are there any other 'gotchas' I should be aware of?
Thanks,
Flann