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by Administrator » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:31 pm
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To bring his wife and family (new daughter) into Germany, he will need to demonstrate that he can support himself and his dependent family.
His ex-wife and his adult children by a previous marriage are very, very unlikely to be able to sponsor him PLUS his new wife & child. They might be able to do so if he was elderly or disabled. If his children can sponsor him and his new family ... that doesn't seem likely. But, it might be possible.
I will not argue the 'humanitarian grounds' angle .. that's where you need a highly skilled lawyer. A German immigration lawyer.
To claim actual asylum, he needs to demonstrate that his life is in danger. Germany in particular is very sensitive to these sorts of claims, unfortunately due to some problems (real and imagined) with Turkish immigrants and asylum seekers.
The problem with a family re-unification application is that he is not really re-uniting with his family .. that NORMALLY applies to husbands and wives and their immediate DEPENDENT children.
However, it is not always and exclusively limited this way.
HOWEVER. It WILL require a lawyer to properly make the application, both for technical correctness and 'diplomatic style.' If you go this route, you are attempting to re-unite extended family, and that will not come easily or quickly if you are lacking a very compelling reason.
His new wife (certainly) and child (probably) will have to meet German language requirements to enter the country. The requirement is low, but they will need a basic fluency in about 300 or 400 words & be able to understand & speak with good enough grammar to get by.
If they are granted an asylum claim, this might get waived.
More likely your father will need to enter via a normal immigration route, such as a job offer & work permit.
By the way, "spend our time between USA and Germany" is a pretty dodgy answer. If you attempt such an answer with immigration, you are likely to get immigration quite irate with you.
Get used to the idea that you will need to answer that very specifically .. such as, how much time in each country, which country is your country of residence, how are you in each country (marriage or work or ..??).
If you are attempting to re-unite as children with your father in Germany, German immigration is going to want detailed specifics on your employment, tax and pay records, residency and ability to support your father and his family. Germany is NOT a country to get cute with. They require very specific and detailed documentation. Small errors will cost you any opportunity you might have.
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