Settlement for widow

[ahsanul007]

A friend of mine was British citizen. He died couple of years back. His widow wants settle here from Bangladesh. They have 2 children both children have been granted British citizenship. My friends widow has never applied any kind of settlement application before. I don’t think she qualified for bereavement partner visa because she is not in the UK. Can someone help us what category she should apply under?
Thanks

[CR001]

There is no route unfortunately based on being married to a British citizen who has died. The only route available is for ILR if the surviving spouse is already in the UK on a spouse visa.

https://www.gov.uk/visas-partner-dies#: ... 20the%20UK

How old are the children?

[secret.simon]

It is literally the question in the oldest sticky in this forum. And nothing much has changed on this front in the past decade and a half.

There is no immigration route for a widow/er currently living abroad to move to the UK after the death of their British citizen spouse.

[ahsanul007]

Children are 8 and 6 years old.