Elderly grandmother

[Shogun300]

Hello,


I have a following question:

I am an EU citizen who plans to apply for British citizenship in January 2014 and been living in UK since 1996. I have an elderly grandmother, 85 years old - Russian with Uzbek passport, who is currently residing in Lithuania. I would like to bring her over as there is no one to look after her. Her husband, my grandad, was murdered a few years ago. She has all the documentation that came with it. Now, I have heard that in cases like this, it is possible for her to move and stay indefinitely as long as I can support and accommodate her. Money is not an issue and I can easily look after her.

So my question is it possible and how long does it take to get everything sorted? Thank you very much in advance.

[askmeplz82]

If you want to bring her do it now before you send your BC application.


http://www.altalex.eu/content/right-res ... in-meaning

[Shogun300]

Thank you very much for your help. So just to be clear: it is standard and it shouldn't be a problem? Is there a special body that I need to apply through?

[obormot]

I only have a recent (successful) experience of bringing my elderly mother (I am EU citizen, working in UK, she has Russian passport). But all the regulations I used talked about dependent "ascendants", not just "parents". Here they mention grandparents explicitly:
https://www.gov.uk/family-permit
The only hurdle is that you will have to prove that she is fully dependent on you financially. On this forum there were people who had problems proving it in front of Moscow Embassy, but Lithuania must be easier.
She will have to apply for Family permit (entry clearance), come here on it, and then apply for residence (EEA2). It is quick and (almost) free.