Bringing wifes children to the UK

[Belfastbowler]

Apologies if these sort of questions have been asked already and if they have maybe someone can send me the link please.

My wife has been here a year on the Spouse Visa and wants to bring her 2 children here also aged 16 & 11.

What would be the right visa to bring them here with?

How long roughly does it take and can we avoid hiring a immigration lawyer.

What would the costs be?

Thanks in advance

B.B.

[Casa]

Apologies if these sort of questions have been asked already and if they have maybe someone can send me the link please.

My wife has been here a year on the Spouse Visa and wants to bring her 2 children here also aged 16 & 11.

What would be the right visa to bring them here with?

How long roughly does it take and can we avoid hiring a immigration lawyer.

What would the costs be?

Thanks in advance

B.B.

Where is the children's natural father? Who has been caring for the children since your wife has been living in the UK?

[Belfastbowler]

The father of the children is in Vietnam and is not part of their lives and has agreed to sign whatever is needed to let them leave.

My wife's mother has been taking care of the children.

BB

[Belfastbowler]

My wife came on a spouse visa a year ago and now we need to apply to bring her 2 children here, does anyone know if it is a family or independent child visa that I need to apply for?

[meself2]

Why did it take a year to want children to arrive? Why didn't they apply with your spouse?

It's not easy to bring children to UK if father isn't going with them. Read https://freemovement.org.uk/sole-respon ... desirable/ , for example.

[Belfastbowler]

It has taken a year because as I am sure you know the visas including flights are expensive but now we have the money to apply to bring them here.

My wife has 2 children aged 11 & 16 and their father has agreed to let me adopt them and we will get the papers signed soon.

I was just wondering which visa to bring them on and how long it takes plus I will click on your link now.

Thanks in advance

[Belfastbowler]

Hi,

My wife needs her ex husband to sign paperwork so the two children can move to the UK. I am a UK citizen from birth and she is Vietnamese. Her ex has agreed to sign the sworn affidavit. Does that happen in court or by a lawyer?

Thanks in advance

John

[vinny]

Children may apply

Appendix FM online form.

to join mother. They expect her to have Sole responsibility (note Example and helpful advice).

Also subject to the Transitional financial requirements, etc.

See also Adoption information.

[Br28016]

If you are going down the adoption route then need to think about where you will do. Doing adoption in UK will give them instant British citizenship once approved in UK court so end of the visa route for them at that point. Won't necessarily be recognised in home country and there are potential problems getting British passports if change name from that in original passports unless manage to change original passport names.

Adoption abroad has its own problems to overcome and don't think it has the same instant British citizenship benefits.

Wouldn't recommend mentioning plans to adopt in the visa application as may complicate it. Get them here and then start the paperwork.

[Br28016]

Forgot to mention that if born in Northern Ireland and adopt children then will have option to register the Adoption with the Irish international adoption agency which will give the kids the right to Irish Passports which is backup if have problems with HMPO and British passports - I had that route as a backup although managed to get kids first British passports but waiting to see if will have issues on renewal when will at least have the Irish passports as backup while aim to resolve.