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by whitbrown2012 » Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:08 pm
Thanks for your responses. I left my daughter in the care of my mother, who died a year later. She has since lived with three of my brothers and sisters - all for different periods over the years. She is currently saying with a my other son's aunt, who is of no blood relationship to me or my daughter, with the understanding that it is temporary until I can get her here. I have years of money transfer slips and have left substantial amount of money for her care each time I go back home. I have applied for visas for other countries for her and I have taken her on holiday. We do not know where her father is, the last we heard he was in prison. My daughter does not know who he is. I have sent a number of parcels over the years for her. I have also managed to get letters from her school stating that I am involved in her care and other supporting letters from the community back home and my family her in the UK that I have sole responsibility for her care. I have also send proof of regular telephone contact with my daughter. Plus when I was on DLR I applied for her 3 times all were refused for various reasons which I have now addressed in this application. For example, we are unsure if your mother will obtain ILR; there is no legislation under which we can refer the case, and we do not see any compassionate circumstances in which we should grant entry. I hope this enough enough to prove sole responsibility?
I am aware that determining sole responsibly is very subjective, so I've submitted all that I possibly can. I am just worried about collecting HB. I have read MM2 Entry Clearance guidance which states that what the ECO has to take into consideration is if additional benefits would be need if the visa was to be granted. However, I am unclear if this is the case for all applications, or for specific one and if children comes under this guidance?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I have now made the application, paid the fees and my daughter is due to submit the documents next week. So I am aware that there is nothing I can do now, however, it would ease my anxiety greatly if anyone have any insight into this, especially since I might be waiting a long time for a decision.