I urgently need advice on this forum please;
My mum brought my brother and I to the UK on a visitor visa 2002(12years old and 14 years old) : for whatever stupid reasons known to her she stayed back because our return flight was cancelled(It is the worst decision she made that continues to affect the lives of my brother and I. I must admit that sometimes im full of rage when i think of how this singular decision she made on our behalf has greatly affected our lives. She was married to my dad then and there was a case of domestic abuse in the relationship but i knew she had a boyfriend then as i remember finding a written love letter to some named dude. It is not after some years in the UK, i got to find out the dude she usually writes resides in the UK and that could have influenced her selfish decision to stay in the UK.(No the relationship never worked out)
During this period: of course as a child then, we were not privy to the implications of the decision she took and its been squatting in rooms of her friend to another. We schooled - year 7 - 10, We went to college, We went to university(This was paid for). It was not until i was between the ages of 18 -25, i started feeling the impact of being an undocumented immigrant, i finished uni age 24 and thats because i took a masters course after my BSC just to while away time. I stayed a year at home after graduation doing nothing! During all these years, she worked illegally to support both of us and have never claimed any benefits. I got in contact with my dad through a a facebook contact after a number of years but he had re-married and had kids of his own. Truth is, i do not have a fatherly relationship with him as such after all this years.
I regularized my stay as an adult at the age of 25 under the private life rule; Over 18 and Under 25 and have spent more than half year bla bla. Since 2015, she cant work anymore with the papers and i have been the one supporting everyone but i feel pressured and depressed because i dont know how long i have to do this for and have no life of my own. I know it may sound selfish because she has been our care taker in the UK since 2002 but thats how i feel. We're all cramped in one room despite me having a good job because i cannot afford to get a place of my own and pay their rent and upkeep. It's not until the next 5 years that they will hit the 20 year mark. But can i do this for the next 5 years? Im 27 now,
Ive been looking at the immigration rules and it appears my brother may be able to apply under the rule "If you are an irregular migrant and you has lived in the UK for less than 20 years and you do not have any ties of any kind with your motherland, you may regularize your immigration status in the UK" instead of waiting till the next 5 years. I want to get my place, have a life of my own and not be burdened with the financial responsibility im subject to; if i lose my job now, we will all be homeless because my leave came with no recourse to public funds.
Kindly advise on my brothers situation and if he should apply. I dont know how he feels on the situation he finds himself and if he bottles things up. As a 29 years old, he is definitely not a child anymore but i think the situation sure has a psychological effect on him and where he finds himself. It definitely has that effect on me when i think of missed opportunities and sometime i break down. I look back and wish something could have been done sooner but we have always been told to keep hush. Everybody who knows me thinks im british, no one knows im due for visa renewal next year and sometimes im ashamed to reveal the truth.
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