Options for immigrating family to UK

[cwc]

Hello all,

I'm asking this on behalf of my dad. My dad has remarried about 4 years ago, his wife is of a Malaysian national, living in Malaysia. My dad is a British citizen holding a UK passport. They also have a daughter now who holds a British Citizen UK passport but she l lives with my dad's wife.

About 2 years ago, they applied for a UK Spousal visa and got rejected, on the grounds of the fact his wife failed to disclose her previous immigration history in which she overstayed in the UK, and because of the deception she is effectively banned from reapplying for 10 years. They were allowed to appeal but decided not to as the solicitors said that chances of success were very slim.

Having asked on the EEA forum, I know now they can perhaps apply for a family permit if they were to live and work in another EU state, and then apply to return to the UK.

But I was wondering for the sake of keeping my dad's previous family (me and my siblings in the UK) and my dad's new family together, are there any other available options that my dad can pursue to have his wife over here, even though there's a ban?

Thanks in anticipation!

[Lucapooka]

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