Bringing a lost mom to the UK

[Teleport]

Hi people, I hope you are well.

This is my first time on this forum and I am very excited to come across to such a great forum.I have a question and was wondering whether you could advise/share your experience and knowledge with me please.

Me and my parents were separated during the war. Long story short, I had to immigrate in the UK. After almost 15 years, I found my mom in a different country who I thought would be dead. She immigrated oversee (in non EU country) and covered her identity so she won’t be recognised by people.

Is there any chance where I can bring her to the UK? I am British. I don’t have any evidence confirming that she is my mother, neither she has any evidence confirming that I am her son. I have only 2 old pictures with her when I was a kid.

[secret.simon]

Simply put, no. The path for British citizens to sponsor any adult non-nuclear family members (i.e. any family members other than spouse or children) over the age of 18 is practically impossible and has a failure rate of 78% after appeals (before appeals, the failure rate is ~94%).

There may have been a route before the end of the Transition Period where you could have moved to another EEA member-state and then sponsored her there (without bringing her to the UK). But now that the UK is completely out of the EU, that route is also gone.

There is, in short, no advantage to her of having a British citizen child.

[Teleport]

Simply put, no. The path for British citizens to sponsor any adult non-nuclear family members (i.e. any family members other than spouse or children) over the age of 18 is practically impossible and has a failure rate of 78% after appeals (before appeals, the failure rate is ~94%).

There may have been a route before the end of the Transition Period where you could have moved to another EEA member-state and then sponsored her there (without bringing her to the UK). But now that the UK is completely out of the EU, that route is also gone.

There is, in short, no advantage to her of having a British citizen child.

Thank you Simon for your post.

How this would be classed as non-nuclear family if she is my mother (although it's hard to prove)? As far as I am aware, nuclear means close family members such as mother and father. Worth mentioning, the government is aware that 'potentially' my mother could be dead. They are also aware that I do not hold many documents apart of birth certificate that confirms her previous name and surname (which is different to hers current ones, as she changed her details as mentioned previously).

[secret.simon]

I should have been more precise. I meant that only spouses and children of the person on ILR or British citizens can be sponsored with any amount of ease (and even with them, you'd need to demonstrate a Minimum Income Requirement, etc).

Other relatives (of any degree of relationship to the British citizen) have a very difficult pathway to family sponsorship.

[Teleport]

I should have been more precise. I meant that only spouses and children of the person on ILR or British citizens can be sponsored with any amount of ease (and even with them, you'd need to demonstrate a Minimum Income Requirement, etc).

Other relatives (of any degree of relationship to the British citizen) have a very difficult pathway to family sponsorship.

Thanks Simon. Yes, I can imagine, it will not be easy.

Anyone else who could share some knowledge and/or experience, please?

[vinny]

See also Older dependent relatives.

[Teleport]

See also Older dependent relatives.

Thanks vinny. I don't think that any of the topics relate to my situation.

[vinny]

Hence, difficulties.