Sponsoring brother for settlement in the UK?

Hi,

I am new here so please bear with me if I am asking daft questions



I am a UK naturalised citizen [originally Indian by birth] been married to a UK ciitizen.

Is it possible to sponsor my brother for settlement UK visa under family immigration?

Any advise/suggestions are much appreciated.

Regards,
zach

It is possible if he is dependant on you and you could prove that he genuinely is. But short of that, chances are a pretty slim... Sorry!

Thanks Jabi for your prompt reply. Appreciate it.

Do you know what are the categories of dependencies are?

You should be able to find everything that you need in this link-

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/docume ... iew=Binary

zachuk wrote:Hi,

I am new here so please bear with me if I am asking daft questions

:oops:

I am a UK naturalised citizen [originally Indian by birth] been married to a UK ciitizen.

Is it possible to sponsor my brother for settlement UK visa under family immigration?

Any advise/suggestions are much appreciated.

Regards,
zach

UK doesn't have US-style family immigration. It is possible but only in the most extreme circumstances:

From ukvisas.gov.uk:


Can parents, grandparents and other dependent relatives go to live in the UK?
If you are a widowed parent or grandparent aged 65 or over, or parents or grandparents travelling together and one of you is 65 or over, you may qualify if:

you are completely or mainly financially dependent on children or grandchildren living and settled in the UK
you have no other close relatives in your own country to help you
your children or grandchildren can support you without needing help from public funds, and
your children or grandchildren have enough accommodation, which they alone own or live in, where you can live without needing any help from public funds.

If you are a parent or grandparent under the age of 65, you may qualify if:

you are living in the most exceptional compassionate circumstances
you are completely or mainly financially dependent on children or grandchildren living and settled in the UK
you have no other close relatives in your own country to help you
your children or grandchildren can support you without needing help from public funds, and
your children or grandchildren have enough accommodation, which they alone own or live in, where you can live without needing any help from public funds.

If you are over 18 and have a parent settled in the UK, or if you are a sister, brother, aunt, uncle or any other relative of a person settled in the UK, you may qualify if you meet the conditions listed in the previous paragraph and you are living alone in the most exceptional compassionate circumstances.

Basically if you want to sponsor him to come and work and eventually settle here, then the answer is no - he'd need to do that in his own capacity.

If he is very ill, has a disability of some extreme form or something, and you are/were/have been his carer - you might have a slim slim chance (slim because he is not your child or parent)...I mean they were smart to add "in the most exceptional compassionate circumstances" at the end, no? Other than that he should look for another legal channel here.