JAMES2000 wrote:Thanks for your response, their mother abandoned them years ago due to religion differences,they have been living with my mum ever since.
Can someone please advise me with questions raised on my previous post.
Thanks.
ah, the plot thickens
then you need to argue sole responsibility -- providing evidence of what you just said
their guidance on sole responsibility basically says that if it was YOUR side grandparent with whom children were living abroad, it is was still your responsibility so this is good
this can be realistic then, depending on ages of the children, how many years ago exactly has their mother abandoned them, etc etc. read up on sole responsibility. throw in some compelling circumstances to boot.
as for income, the formula is that you will need to show that you have at least as much income as a family of that size (including proposed new dependants and those already living with you) can get in public funds if you were all on benefits, total income less taxes and housing costs (and mind you that housing has to be adequate size for all these children, depending on ages and gender)
you can include your current benefits in the calculation of current total income, but there would have to be something else obviously as well, to meet the target number
so (current benefits + current income - housing costs and housing has to be adequate size - taxes paid on current income) has to be more than a magic number for a family of whatever size you will end up having (they have a published number for each family size, it's not awfully big and is generally more favourable then the new family income thresholds, which you do not have to meet)
