Claiming housing benefit and sponsoring my mother

[Ringo76]

Hi we are claiming housing benefit (private land lord) my husband is working I'm a homemaker. Im a British citizen. Now I'm pregnant and would like to sponsor my mother. My question is can I sponsor someone from back home while claiming housing benefits? Thanks!!

[CR001]

What visa are you sponsoring your mother for?

[Ringo76]

What visa are you sponsoring your mother for?

I'm trying to sponsor her in Tourist Visa. Or any suggestions?

[CR001]

How long will she visit?

What evidence of ties to home country will she submit (social, employment, financial, family, property, etc)?

[Ringo76]

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How long will she visit?

What evidence of ties to home country will she submit (social, employment, financial, family, property, etc)?
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Thanks for your reply, honestly I don't know how to apply what documents to submit. We have our own house but under my father's name. There is no a bank balance but my brother and sister is helping her. One brother in Dubai he sends money every month for my mum. And another sister too sends money and its come through bank. Other brothers and sisters living in separate houses in Colombo. They all married and settled. Father is alive and mum and father living with sister and have rented the own property. So this is my story back home.. help me pls. She will visit for around 2 to 3 months. Last time she stayed for 4 months that's 15 year back. My initial question is if I claim housing can I sponsor?

[Frontier Mole]

Housing benefit in itself is not the issue, it is the fact that your income is so low that you qualify for it is the bigger problem.
That suggests you cannot afford to sponsor your mother and the circumstances you have set out makes it appear that without help from other family members your mother can not afford to visit in her own right either.

It all looks very difficult to see how she can readily get a visa on the affordability side of things. Ties to home country look reasonable so it will come down to a 50/50 chance in my opinion.

[Route to ILR]

How long will she visit?

What evidence of ties to home country will she submit (social, employment, financial, family, property, etc)?
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Thanks for your reply, honestly I don't know how to apply what documents to submit. We have our own house but under my father's name. There is no a bank balance but my brother and sister is helping her. One brother in Dubai he sends money every month for my mum. And another sister too sends money and its come through bank. Other brothers and sisters living in separate houses in Colombo. They all married and settled. Father is alive and mum and father living with sister and have rented the own property. So this is my story back home.. help me pls. She will visit for around 2 to 3 months. Last time she stayed for 4 months that's 15 year back. My initial question is if I claim housing can I sponsor?

How can u sponsor someone when u r a burden on the taxpayer yourself? The best bit is u provide just the accommodation and they bear all the other costs of the trip. Visit visa is not easy to get these days. U should open their bank account and put a deposit in and run it for 6 months.
2 to 3 months r very long to visit someone. keep it to 1 month in order to get the visa.