British living in the Philippines with one British child from Philippina wife

Hi

Just a query from a friend.

His basic info:

A UK citizen with a 6-year old son who is already u.k citizen,, his wife is pinoy
she and their son have never been u.k yet,,but the son has u.k passport already,but the wife has only pinoy passport,
the problem is he sold his apartme+nt in u.k to start business in the Philippines,and now lives here..but now they want to return for a visit,

My British friend have a family whom they can stay with for awhile,,the income they have is from the businesses that they have here,he doesnt have
income from u.k any more..

will his wife be allowed to enter u.k?his mum is old and she wants to see her grandson,,
he has been here in the philippines for the past 7years, he is an icard holder and have yet returned back to uk within the past 7 years..

what are their rights to go as a family?

please advise.

thanks

The husband who will be the sponsor, will have to satisfy the UKBA income requirements or have sufficient funds as cashable savings.

As the boy is British then no application would be required for him. Just the Pinay wife.

Was the grandmother to be included also?

See what the UKBA has to say on income requirements etc below:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/v...ns-settled/spouse-cp/can-you-apply/financial/

Hi John Ash

Thanks for the reply.

What is the quickest way for the wife to come to UK? Is it spouse visa?

The grandmother is British who lives in UK. She lives on her own and wanted to see her grandson. The problem is that my British friend doesnt have any property in UK anymore for his family to have a defined accommodation when they arrived in UK nor an employment in UK to sustain their living? The only means to prove the maintenance of fund is their business in the Philippines.

I dont believe there is a quick way. But the Spouse visa is the right way. It took us several months to get everything in place including the English Language Test, CFO visit and the Visa application itself.

About the financial bit. As I understand it, the husband's books and banking statements would be needed as part of the application to prove his business income, from whatever source.

On accomodation. There are requirements in so much that the applicant has to demonstrate that there is room enough for the family even if it is renting a part of someone elses house. I will see if I can dig out the requirements on that.

Alternatively the husband and family can rent their own property. That is possible. We did that.

Is this for a visit - in other words a stay in the UK of six months or less - or for permanent settlement?

I just spotted this bit. I didn't see that the first time. Just for a visit makes a difference as the Spouse Visa is a settlement visa.

If your friend wants to visit UK with his wife and son then should not present too many problems. The application form is straightforward, the requirements involve having sufficient funds to support the visit for the stated duration and very importantly having compelling reasons to return home before the visit visa expires.
I suspect that this might be the major challenge.
The visit visa fee is cheap. The risks are small. Any refusal must indicate the immigration rules not complied with. Means there'll be a chance to counters in a subsequent application.

If your friend is seeking to relocate to UK then his wife must be granted a Visa leading to settlement. Means meeting the Financial Requirement. Confimed job offer with income of £18600 min. Alternatively savings may be used, but only those above £16k will be considered. Anything above £16k will need to be factored by division by 2.5 to account for the 2.5 years visa duration)

The other alternative is the so called EEA route.

I suggest he (or you) do some basic research and then ask specific questions. It's not a straightforward situation to be faced with.

Of course he and his son may enter UK at any time without any restriction.

hi markham

for permanent settlement please..

hi john

i believe they wanted to settle in uk because of the grandmother whose health is ailing...

Hi Micawber

Could my friend use his bank statements from their business as financial requirement rather than a confirmed job offer?

His only concern is his wife's visa to be able to fly with them to London

Hi John

CFO stands for Commission on Filipinos Overseas???

Assuming they want to settle in the UK, Yes. CFO stands for:


http://cfo.gov.ph/

Review my previous reply.

Your friend would be well advised to join the forum.

Click here for a first step in understanding what's demanded by UKBA.

Will your friend's business interests continue in the Philippines if he returns to UK to live?

If the business in Philippines closed upon him coming to UK, I wonder he could still use previous income from self-employment to support his application? Even if he can he would need an income of £18,600/year.

If he has savings of £62,500 that would be sufficient on its own to support his wife's application but if the savings were less than £62,500 he would not be able to use a combination of self-employed income and savings to support his wife's application as you cannot use savings in conjunction with self-employment income to support a settlement application.

That is my understanding anyway.

When we first came to UK in 2009.
My husband applied for my spouse visa from UKBA in Qatar.
All documents submitted was

1.) my original passport & photo copy
2.) photo copy of his passport
3.) passport size photos
4.) marriage certificate stamped by British Embassy.
5.) a letter from his employer saying he is employed by them for 3 years and he will be receiving gratuity equivalent to 3 months salary.
6.) Police Clearance (this has to cover 10 years back dated) so I had to get it from
Qatar authority (as we live there for 3 years)
Saudi authority (as we live there for 5 years)
Oman authority (as we live there for 6 years)
I had to declare Oman as well because 3 years in Qatar + 5 years in Saudi is only 8 years therefore, I have to add the time we live in Oman.
7.) 6 months bank statement

They didn't require any English test before but they interview me verbally mainly asking how long we've been married and where have we been for the past 10 years.
I've done my ESOL with Citizenship here in UK before I am due for the process of my Indefinite Leave to Remain.
Note: They gave back the original copy of my ESOL with Citizenship but when I use it for my Citizenship application they retain it and gave me only a copy.

3 weeks later I was called for a verbal interview then after 3 days I receive my passport with spouse visa.