On tier 2 calling mother-in-law to visit

[JS28]

Hi All,

My wife is due to give birth in October and we would like to call my mother-in-law over before the birth of our son.

What documents would I need to provide? I have read the guidelines and posts here but I am getting mixed info

Thank you in advance

[iworker]

she has to apply visitor visa. she has to provide all her own documentation herself. Yes u can send a letter to say that she will live with u, but that doesnt mean she can get away with not providing all the information and documents that a visitr should submit.
my personal advise: DO NOT mention about the expected birth in the application.

[gag285]

she has to apply visitor visa. she has to provide all her own documentation herself. Yes u can send a letter to say that she will live with u, but that doesnt mean she can get away with not providing all the information and documents that a visitr should submit.
my personal advise: DO NOT mention about the expected birth in the application.

I don't quite agree with the advise about not mentioning the expected birth although @iworker may have very good reasons in support. I did a similar application for my mother in Feb 2016 clearly stating the reason for her visit was to help me and my wife through the delivery of our baby. I can see why UKVI will have reservations about the nature of help, family member on a visit visa could end up providing but I considered it would be deceiving to not explain the true nature of her visit. Anyways she did get the visa of course after furnishing necessary documents and visited us too. To be clear I also included that she intended to only stay for the first month after the baby's birth and we complied with that. I personally think what is it important is to satisfy UKVI that the intended visit is for a short period of time with the intention to return by showing enough ties to the home country.