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Family visit visa

Post by Dreamz241 » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:31 pm

I have applied for a family visit visa to visit uk
I want to go to meet my cousin and to also attend my cousins sons wedding my sponsor is my cousins son he has provided me with the sponsor letter his last six month bank statement and his work details payslips and accommodation details I am 34 years old single women unemployed I have submitted my bank satment which is showing 11 lakh Pakistani rupees my passport and I'd card for Pakistan should that be enough for me to get the visa could my cousins son be my sponsor for family visit visa because I am going to spend some time with my cousin and his family
Could someone please give me some advise

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Post by batleykhan » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:12 am

Yes cousins can sponsor their own cousins for family visits :wink:

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Post by Dreamz241 » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:31 am

That's the thing the sponsor is not my first cousin but his son and the documents do I have to show strong ties to home country

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Post by batleykhan » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:10 pm

VAT2.2 What is a family visitor?
Under the Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2003, a family visitor is defined as someone who intends to visit someone who is related to them in the following way:

the applicant's spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or first cousin (note: 'first cousin' means, in relation to a person, the son or daughter of his uncle or aunt);
the father, mother, brother or sister of the applicant's spouse;
the spouse of the applicant's son or daughter;
the applicant's stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister; or
a person with whom the applicant has lived as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which his application for entry clearance was made.

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Post by batleykhan » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:15 pm

Dreamz241 wrote:That's the thing the sponsor is not my first cousin but his son and the documents do I have to show strong ties to home country
Yes I think you would be classed as a family visit, however if you are unemployed and single, how come you have such a large amount of money in your bank account?.

Yes you will need to show strong ties to your country and in view of above, I think you may struggle.

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Post by Dreamz241 » Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:49 pm

The money in my account was given to me by family members as for strong ties to home country there is nothing I can show as I live with my parents and I am not working I do not study either anything u can suggest I got message from the home office today that application is in process what u think my chances would be???

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Post by batleykhan » Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:49 pm

Dreamz241 wrote:The money in my account was given to me by family members as for strong ties to home country there is nothing I can show as I live with my parents and I am not working I do not study either anything u can suggest I got message from the home office today that application is in process what u think my chances would be???
I hope you can explain how and where the money came from as one of the most common reason for a visitor refusal ( in Pakistan) is that the applicant or their family deposits a large lump sum in their bank account just before applying without giving a reason as to where and how came from.

I hope you do the get the visa, but I am afraid you better prepare yourself for disappointing news when it comes in the next few days. :(

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Post by Dreamz241 » Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:09 pm

As I mentioned before there was 11 lakh rupees in my account that was showing on my statement but now my brother in law took 4 lakhs out of my account so I am remained with 7 lakh in there should that be a problem that he has taken the money out of my account

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