Obie
Thanks for you kind words. I find internet forums a touch foreboding at the best of times.

Wiggsy
I will defo look at the Irish route, trying to get my head around it.
You are a diamond, thanks

Thanks H_S, It does sound mercenary, I'd hoped it wouldn't come over quite like that. I must stress that is not the case. However, I am trying to anticipate what may happen. We are definitely in love. She has no papers to take to a Registry Office, how can we marry? Also I saw on TV a couple arrive ...

Thought I had given sufficient info, my mistake, ok, here goes, a little more of my story. I met my girlfriend five years ago. Her tourist visa expired after six months. We applied for ILR after two years on the strength of our relationship, but failed to give a strong enough case, it was refused. A...

Apologies, the father is British.
Mother has no legal right to be in the country.

Is the mother allowed to stay as carer of the child?

Not sure how much detail I want to go into, seeing as I;m new to this.

Thanks very much for your replies thus far.

Hello everyone, Apologies first for my question, I am sure all of you will have heard this a hundred times, please be kind :? In the circumstance of someone who does not have legal status in this country. Am I correct in thinking that by having a child, a woman will automatically gain the right to s...