If someone has been granted subsidiary protection status (e.g. in Italy) can it be transferred to another EU country (e.g. Germany). Also, can subsidiary protection holder claim any social security benefits if they are over the retirement age and have never worked in the country that granted Subsidi...

Now that my father has subsidiary protection status in Italy, he has been given a 5 year visa that allows him to travel visa free within the EU for up to 3 months, it is any easier for me to do the Surinder Singh route? Can I go and live in Italy for a few months and bring my father back as a depend...

I am a British Citizen and my father has just been granted SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION status in Italy. Is there any way I can bring my father over to the UK to live with me permanently. Would he be able to claim benefits or pension credit. Please advise.

Any advice on regards to taking my father to Ireland, anyone?

The Health Care Surcharge is a rip off for an elderly dependent. I think paying so much for my father's application when I know the outcome already is not on with me. My plan B is to take my father to Ireland. Any help in that regard will be highly appreciated. Despite trying with all high street ba...

The surgery did not charge my father to write him a prescription and because they put my father's age on the prescription, the pharmacy did not charge my father.

Apart from above, can someone advice me what healthcare surcharge is. My father is over 65, is he exempt from it?

Yes, my father has paid visit to our local surgery where they registered him temporarily in order to prescribe him his diabetes and hypertension tablets that he takes everyday. He was given the prescription twice by the surgery but the third time round they refused and told him that his temporary re...

Thank you all for providing some very useful information. Casa, I do not have private medical insurance for my father but I am willing to take out one for my father should that help my father's case for settlement. Through my employer I can join a scheme called Hospital Saturday Fund that will pay h...

Thanks guys for your replies. I really appreciate your help. Casa I am aware of the Surinder Singh route and will have to take it eventually if all else fails. However, I would like to put in for my father through the FLR(FP) first. Can I still make use of the Surinder Singh route should my father's...

Thanks for the reply Casa. Could you tell me if I can fill my details in the payment section of my father's FLR(FP) form?

Thanks for the replies guys. Casa my father's health has not deteriorated. He has diabetes, blood pressure and a partial physical disability for which he does not really need medicine.Had my father still been in Pakistan, I wouldn't have had to apply for him to stay on human rights grounds. It is di...

Dear All I have a dependent father who is here in the UK on a visitor visa. Due to his medical conditions he is dependent on me for his everyday tasks like washing, putting clothes on, etc and requires constant care. I would like to apply for him to stay here in the UK but I am not sure which applic...

Ladies and gents on the forum, I would really appreciate any help in this regard. Any advice is welcome.

Hi All I am a British national and send my father money every month. My brother (age 42) is also dependent on the money I send to my father (age 66) however, I do not send money separately to my brother. I would like to know if my father and brother are in the UK on visitor visa, can I then exercise...