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so she would have to go back home and apply from home country, and the reasons that you give to HO in order to approve the dependant visa might contradict whatever reasons you gave so she could get a visit visa, so yes, be very careful if you're going that routeYou have a visitor visa or a visa for 6 months or less
You’ll usually need to leave the UK to apply for a family visa if either:
you have permission to be in the UK as a visitor
Watch out for the path you want to follow.5am1224 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:17 amHi all,
My mum is a 70 years old widow. She is currently on a 6 months visiting visa and been looked after by my partner and myself as all of my siblings are abroad and no one back home to look after her. She has heart condition and she is diabetic so has to take insulin before every meal (this can only be done by someone as my mum can’t do it herself) in addition to her reduced mobility.
Can I apply for a visa extension for her or switch for another type of visa that allows her to remain with me as if she goes back home she will be living on her own and would put her at risk.
I am a British citizen in full time employment and have a separate room for my mum.
Please let me know.
Thanks
No, you cannot.So can I just switch my mum’s visit visa to a 2.5 year initial family visa?
This does NOT apply to visitor visas but other immigration route visa, ie PBS Dependent or PBS routes visa for example.If you came to the UK on a different visa, you might be able to switch to a family visa to stay with your
Parent here refers to a parent of a British child under the age of 18. It does NOT apply to parents of adult children.spouse or partner
child
parent
You can switch at any time before your current permission to stay in the UK expires.
Again, she has made a declaration to UKVI that she has ties to her home country and that she will return if granted a visitor visa. You are now trying to completely change what she has already declared as truth to UKVI. You 'wanting' her to stay is unfortunately not sufficient for her to simply be allowed to stay.I am so desperate to have my mum with me permanently as she really can’t be on her own morally and physically.
If the Immigration Officer at the sea/airport thinks that your mother is trying to reside in the UK under the guise of a visit visa, she can be returned back to her country of habitual residence directly from the airport and would almost certainly get a lifetime ban on future visits to the UK.V 4.2. The applicant must satisfy the decision maker that they are a genuine visitor, which means the applicant:
(a) will leave the UK at the end of their visit; and
(b) will not live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits, or make the UK their main home; and
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