Dependent visa for father-in-law

[jk8976]

Hi,

I tried to search through the posts to check whether there is any similar situation to mine but could not find exact similarity. The situation is as follows:

I and my wife are British citizen now, acquired by naturalisation. Both of my parents as well as my wife's mother expired few years back. My father-in-law lives in India. He has his own small consultancy and is not financially dependent on anybody for living. His son (my wife's real brother) lives in the adjacent building.

My father-in-law is now 65 and is not keeping well. His son does not look after his health and father-in-law is rather not happy with him. He wants to live with us in the UK and we also want to have him here permanently.

Please could you let me know whether this is possible and how?

Thanks.

[Amber]

Not much chance under Domestic law however, you should consider him being dependent on you and using the Surrinder Singh route.

[jk8976]

Hi Amber,

What is "Surrinder Singh route" please? Could you supply more details.

Thanks.

[Amber]

See here (click)

[jk8976]

Hi Amber,

Thanks for this. It's stated that Jill cannot bring her husband to the UK is her income is not £18,600.

Does this mean that if my income is more than that I can bring my father-in-law on the dependent visa?

If not, is there any other alternative please, such as his age?

Thanks.

[Amber]

No I'm afraid it's not that simple with dependent relatives, if only it were.

Basically the UK National child needs to move to another EEA Country and exercise treaty rights (employed or self-employed) for 3-6 months. During that time the Father who is financially dependent needs to move and live with the child in the other EEA Country. They can then both move back to the UK.

The domestic law requires that the Father has significant personal care needs which can not be cared for in the other Country and that it's too expensive or inconceivable to get that care in the other Country. Basically making it virtually impossible.

I hope that makes more sense.

[jk8976]

Hi Amber,

Yes, it does. Thanks for that. EEA route is very difficult to implement in my case.

Any chance for any other visa, say for investment in the UK in small restaurent or shop?

Thanks.