Which Visa / Route do I require?

[Garf66]

Hi Everyone, apologies but I do not know which tier of visa I should be looking at. My wife is a Thai national, currently residing in the UK on a spouse visa which has been extended for a second period of 2½ years. We had originally planned to then take the life in the UK exam but she is struggling with the reading of English still so I had been wondering what would happen if she failed the exam?

However things changed somewhat with the birth of our daughter in January in England. My daughter will be getting a British passport so I wondered if my wife would now be able to qualify for a more permanent stay / different visa as the mother of a UK citizen?

Thank you for reading this query.
Gary.

[CR001]

Hi Everyone, apologies but I do not know which tier of visa I should be looking at. My wife is a Thai national, currently residing in the UK on a spouse visa which has been extended for a second period of 2½ years. We had originally planned to then take the life in the UK exam but she is struggling with the reading of English still so I had been wondering what would happen if she failed the exam?

She would apply to extend her visa for another 2.5 years on form FLR(M) and meet all the same requirements as before.

However things changed somewhat with the birth of our daughter in January in England. My daughter will be getting a British passport so I wondered if my wife would now be able to qualify for a more permanent stay / different visa as the mother of a UK citizen?

No, there is no route to apply for permanent residence because you have a British child. It is the FLR(FP) route which would reset her clock to zero and a new 5 or 10 year route to permanent residency.