Visa requirement for Parents

[pmb]

Dear all, Is there any way to call parents from India to stay with me on a permanent basis? I am a UK citizen and settled in this country.

Any advice or suggestion or guidance will be really helpful.

Thanks

[CR001]

Virtually impossible and only 1 (maybe 2) successes in this category we have heard about since the rules changed in 2012. If you do apply and are refused (very likely), then you close the door on any future visitor visas as you have made their intention to settle known.

Have a read through the thread below :

http://www.immigrationboards.com/immigr ... 20-80.html

https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/eligibility

Coming to be cared for - you’re an adult dependent relative
You must be dependent on a parent, grandchild, brother, sister, son or daughter of someone living permanently in the UK.

You must prove that:

you need long-term care to do everyday personal and household tasks
the care you need is not available or affordable in the country you live in
the person you’ll be joining in the UK will be able to support, accommodate and care for you without claiming public funds for at least 5 years
you’re 18 or over

As MPH80 advised in Older Dependent thread above, your options would be :

Alternatives:

1) Go to be with him
2) Relocate to the EU for a period (6 months+) - moving the centre of your life there - e.g. no returning back to the UK every weekend and your family would be expected to go with you - and then have him join you on a family permit before returning to the UK.

[Wanderer]

Dear all, Is there any way to call parents from India to stay with me on a permanent basis? I am a UK citizen and settled in this country.

Any advice or suggestion or guidance will be really helpful.

Thanks

Do you support them financially?

Adult Dependant Visa, £1960 per person, none granted yet we know of since the rules were tightened up in 2012, impossible to fulfil the criteria due to the inbuilt catch 22, if you can afford the financial burden of having them here (you have to give undertakings) you can afford to provide care for them abroad in India where it's much cheaper.

Alternative is Surinder Singh EU route, requiring moving to another EU state for approx 12 months, shift you centre of life, not for the faint of heart and one door likely to be closed as UK moves ever further away from the EU or indeed, leaves it or blocks migration from it...

[pmb]

Thanks to all, what if I call them on Visitors visa and then apply for extension via FLO(O) or FLR(FP). Is it possible and is legal route? Can they eventually apply for ILR?

[MPH80]

Highly unlikely to succeed. All you'll do is waste your time and money on it. There'll be lawyers who'll say they can get it for you - but ask them for case references - I doubt you'll find any.