Bringing my mother in law to UK

HI,

My Mother in law is 69 years old & living alone in India. Her husband passed away recently with Covid 19.
She has no property to her name in India. She is physically fit, but mentally quite fragile & is showing signs of early dementia.

We are looking at 2 options.
10 year Visit Visa - Can she apply for this? I understand she can only be in UK for 6 months at a time. Does this also mean that she can only be in UK for 6 months in a calendar year? Can she leave UK for a few days & return back? Does she need to pay the NHS surcharge?

Adult Dependant relative - I have read that this a high rejection rate. Is it worth to apply?

Pls let me know.

Kind Regards,
Fazal

fazalkhalidi wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 1:10 pm

10 year Visit Visa - Can she apply for this? I understand she can only be in UK for 6 months at a time. Does this also mean that she can only be in UK for 6 months in a calendar year? Can she leave UK for a few days & return back? Does she need to pay the NHS surcharge?

She is likely to get rejected for a 10 year visit visa, unless she has a track record of multiple visit visas in the past and leaving the UK before the end of the visit visa every time.

She needs to spend more time in the country of her habitual residence that she does in the UK. She can't pop out of the UK for a few days and return.

She does not need to pay the IHS surcharge, but be aware that any non-emergency treatment for her on the NHS will be billed to her at 150% cost. You will need to invest in private health insurance for her if she is planning to reside in the UK for a long period of time.

fazalkhalidi wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 1:10 pm

Adult Dependant relative - I have read that this a high rejection rate. Is it worth to apply?

Your call. According to the Home Office stats, only 6%of ADR visas are approved directly, with a further 16% after appeals. That means that even after appeals, the refusal rate is ~ 80% or 4 out of every 5 applications.

Also see my response to a very similar question earlier.

fazalkhalidi wrote: ↑

Tue May 11, 2021 1:10 pm

Does she need to pay the NHS surcharge?

She will need to pay the NHS at point of use, unless that service is free.

One of the free services is
"A&E services – not including emergency treatment if admitted to hospital"

You can read the rest for NHS England-
How to access NHS services in England if you are visiting from abroad
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/visitin ... om-abroad/

That page has links for Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.