NHS fees

[nigelkembrey]

I have just gone through a financially destructive ( but successful ) visa application to get my partner into the UK from Brazil.
It has pretty much broken my wallet.

Yesterday, and 1 month after visa was issued, I received a rather unpleasant call from the british consulate in rio.
In short, my partner , when she met me had a child , born of a british father. This child had been born in the UK in 2007 when she was together with this man. The baby was delivered at a UK hospital, no bill was ever presented for payment, or payment requested.

Now, out of the blue , I receive a phone call to say they have traced an outstanding debt with NHS of £3500 ,and unless i pay it she will not be given leave to remain at 2.5 years point of re-application.

This for me is scandalous, not only that I must pay the hospital bill of another man , but that no bill was ever presented or request for money made at the time. It is a lot of money when i have already lost over
20k trying to comply with endless stupid regulations designed to keep people out.
Can they really do this ???

[CR001]

It would depend what your partner's immigration status was at the time of the birth, ie visitor visa etc.