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by nopal » Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:50 pm
hi,
I'm sorry to be the bearer of more pessimistic view on this.
I have applied for my late mother for ADR in September 2022.
she had chronic schizophrenia, a very severe case, well documented by 20 years worth of doctors appointments and continuous assessment. I'll tell you now what I had to provide, to prove I'm the only possible caretaker of her, and how long it took them to reject it, and then appeal it and succeed, but it the granting of the visa happened while she was in ICU and she passed away 45 days later. I'm saying this to say: in your father's case, unfortunately for all parties involved, I don't see them giving it to him. sorry, but I've been in your shoes.
I provided:
- letters from EVERY care home in the country, saying upon examining her, with the severity and specificity of her mental illness, we can't look after her. every single care home in the country!! my mum for example wouldn't eat or drink unless one of her kids gave her the food, she was rather paranoid because of her schizophrenia.
- letters from my brother and sister abroad who basically said we can't or don't want to care for her or we can't.
- expansive letter from her current (At the time) psychiatrist
- expansive letter from her previous psychiatrist
- all her medical file from her original psychiatrist (who have passed away, but I tracked down his office manager)
- all her medical files translated to English. with selected doctor notes from their files across the years, to support claims of x y and z (the refusing food, the paranoia, etc...).
- letter from the pharmacist to say this woman never came on her own, always with one of her kids, she can't deal with prescreptios etc on her own.
- letters from her brothers and sisters, explaining why they can't look after her.
- letters from the neighbours attesting to how she is.
- letter from my wife and son expressing willingness to have mum over.
- detailed care plan from my wife and I (tedious document to prepare, of how you plan, hour by hour, look after this person shall they grant ADR visa).
- letter from wife and son expressing angst about me being away for so long
these are top of my head, there is much more.
what happened:
- I had to leave back in May 2022, preparing the application took 3 months, with the help of a solicitor in the UK (expensive, btw).
- applied Sep 2022.
- Rejection December 2023.
- Appeal (First phase, before tribunal) started on Jan 2023.
- we were asked to provide our appeal bundle in May 2023.
- Home Office revised their decision in July 2023, but she'd been in ICU by then, and passed away in August.
here is the big news for you, their rejection was based on BS reasons. all of the reasons they listed had already been addressed in my very comprehensive application and cover letter nd letters by everyone. they still rejected nonetheless.
They said "oh well, she's being seen by Dr so and so, therefore, she's gettting the help she needs, so, no need to bring her over". to which I replied in the appeal that I've exaplained, the dr explained, everyone explained, that she can't do anything on her own, etc..
they said "you've been in the UK since 2017, so you have no connection with her. again, I reminded them that I provided proof that I kept in touch, I was paying her rent etc...
I addressed every reason with proof that I HAVE ALREADY provided, and with additional letter from her psychiatrist, and only then, they approved.
mate, this visa is near impossible to obtain, and even like in our case, when we actually showed that IT MUST be me and there is no other way now except bringing her over, they still refused it, and we had to do an appeal.
in total, I spent a year and a half abroad because of this. Kept my work luckily in the UK and all, but it was hell. to say the least.
from my journey and familiarity with what you'll need to prove AND how they deal with these applications, I can't see any way they'd say yes of course, your dad needs to come.
They'll simply say: there are cancer doctors there, they can look after him.
You'll have to get proof that the country is't equipped, or that you can't get carers.
again I'm sorry to be negative but it's A LOT of money and effort and potentially like me spending all this time away from your family till they get back to you.
good luck if you decide to proceed but think properly and have a look at the guidance and read it and see ALL the things you'll need to prove.