Older dependent relatives of British Citizen

Hello,

I had a question about immigration for my older parents who are both my dependents. If I've gotten British passport through the 5 year ILR + Naturalisation route, what are the possible options available to bring my parents to UK?

Would their application be subject to Health Surcharge fees?

Many thanks,
Vineet

Others with more knowledge of this subject will respond. Suffice to say that as a British citizen you don’t get preferential treatment for bringing elderly relatives to the UK. The ADR visa is the most difficult to get. If they were able to get the visa there would be no access to public funds, no NHS access, you’d have to pay for all treatment.

Only very small number of Adult Dependent Visa applications have been successful following the tightening of the Immigration Rules on the 9th July 2012. In order stand any chance of your parents' visa being granted they would need to meet the following criteria:
The must be able to submit compelling documented evidence that they BOTH require daily help with simple tasks, such as bathing, dressing and preparing food
AND
That care must either not be available in their home country, or the care costs are not affordable.

If you are able to cover their cost for care in the UK, the Case Worker will consider that you will be able for afford to pay for their care in their home country, if fees are lower than in the UK.

The small percentage of ADV applications have been approved since 2012 are generally for parents who are living in a country with higher care costs, or after long and expensive appeals through the Courts.

If an ADV application is refused, this will close the door for your parents visiting the UK, due to their prior intention to settle.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

Can I ask apart from the ADV route, is there another immigration route for them to be in the country? Would a Tier 2 Dependant visa be applicable?

They can't both apply for a tier 2 dependent visa. The route doesn't permit family other than your spouse and children, besides, you are British so wouldn't be a route anyway as you don't hold that visa category even if possible.

There is no easily accessible pathway for dependent parents of either British citizens or of people on any immigration pathway other than dependent parents of EEA citizens or their spouses in the UK on pre-settled or settled status.

Be aware that ADR visas have been in single digits down to zero per year in the last few years.

The UK does not do chain family migration. UK immigration is aimed at people of working age and younger (i.e. present potential workers and future potential workers).

Family members for all non-EEA routes is defined narrowly as (one) spouse and children only. Parents, siblings, etc, can't be sponsored on any family route except ADR. The requirements for ADR are quite stringent and hard to meet, as mentioned above.

Thanks for the feedback.

Do I then understand that apart from the ADV route, the only possibility for my parents to visit me in the UK would be through a tourist visa?

the only possibility for my parents to visit me in the UK would be through a tourist visa?

Yes.

If they don't qualify for any other visa in their own right, visiting is the only option.

And keep in mind that a visit visa is for precisely that; visits.

It is explicitly forbidden to reside in the UK under the guise of a visit visa by frequent or successive visits.

Your parents should not be spending substantial periods of time in the UK on a visit visa.

And ensure they should have either travel or health insurance to cover any medical issues in the UK.

They will be charged at 150% of cost by the NHS for any use of NHS resources (excluding GP or A&E visits; but hospitalisation expenses resulting from a GP or A&E visits will be charged as above).