peter786 wrote:Why not in the wifes home country??
It's not just the Home Office, the European Courts have established that the right to family life does not confer the right to exercise it in any particular country.
He should have thought about his illegal status before he formed a relationship and fathered a child. If he concealed it from his partner, it's his responsibility, nobody else's.
If he really hasn't come to notice before now, his best option is to find a way of leaving the country un-noticed, but keep a record of his departure. His partner should join him in his own country, and go through the appropriate civil marriage. He will have to wait a year from leaving the UK, and she should spend as much of that with him as possible. He can then apply for a spouse visa, which should be considered because he left the UK voluntarily at his own expense, and should be indisputable on the grounds that the parties do not intend to live together.
There's a reasonable chance that by doing that, they can plan a life together in this country. If he can find a solicitor to devise him a means of successfully applying without leaving the UK, good luck to him.
