Child settlement visa application form Philippines to UK

Thank you...
This then means I have to make an affidavit and put the details in the affidavit and support it with the letter from school, Doctor and other

Affidavit alone does not work, it used to but not anymore, we found out through bitter experience, Court Document stating sole custody is the trump card, we are trying an affidavit from the biological father, relinquishing and denying any responsibility for my stepdaughter, including his contact details and copy of his passport, we are hoping that will be enough, but we are at 40 working days into a priority application and not heard anything.

good luck.

@bigmac thanks time will tell but with UKVI time has no meaning

true. lol.
you might have read on here--we were refused my wifes boys visa application this year. so i would be grateful if you could let me know your outcome.

@bigmac was that your second application? I will keep you posted.

no--the first. refused on the grounds of--suspected--joint responsibility with the boys father. thats no joke. how do you prove something dont exist ? ukvi just look for any flimsy straw to use to say --no.

Your circumstances are different than mine.
The biological father of my stepson isn't filipino, and his whereabouts is unknown, thus I believe getting a court order of sole responsibility isn't possible (that from our UK immigration lawyer).
I would be careful how the affidavit from the biological father is worded in your case, if the biological father states he agrees with his child moving to the UK, than this can be taken as him making decisions concerning his daughter, and thus is taking responsibility.

The affidavit isn't the only evidence of sole responsibility, its also backed up with letters from his School, doctors, dentist, and church stating that she is the only registered guardian, receipts of his mother paying for all his schooling, his doctor visits & dental treatment...

Below are some of the content of our covering letter from our UK Immigration lawyer:-

At the onset we would like to make reference to the case of TD (Paragraph 297(i)(e): “sole
responsibility”) Yemen [2006] UKAIT 00049 which defined ‘sole responsibility’ in the
following terms: -
“whether the parent has continuing control and direction over the child’s upbringing, including
making all the important decisions in the child’s life”. It is also noted by the Tribunal that,
“where both parents are involved in a child’s upbringing, it will be exceptional that one of
them will have “sole responsibility””.

It is submitted that with the present application, the Applicant’s mother has sole
responsibility as she has the continued control and direction over the Applicant’s upbringing
and makes all the important decisions regarding the child’s life. It is further submitted that
the Applicant’s mother does not share this responsibility with the Applicant’s father as his
father is not present in the Applicant’s life and has not has any sort of contact with the
Applicant for a period of over 4 years. Therefore the Applicant’s father is not involved in the
Applicant’s upbringing making his mother a single parent with the ultimate sole responsibility
of the Applicant.

This will be our 3rd application, all documents submitted on Sat, 11th Aug...

The very best of luck to you all.

Thanks for all your help....
just completed the application today, will be posting to Sheffield all the documents tomorrow and my boys appointment to submit their passport, signed online application form to the VFS visa Center will be on the 28th.

No payment required for the IHS... coz they asked for my IHS reference ( whom they are joining)....

I just hope for the best!!!

Visa fee is 2,132 US dollars for each dependant child... which is about £1,678 .

Looking on your statement about the 4 year period of no contact between the father and the child.... I think in Philippine law it should be at least 7 years... please check this with Philippine Family Lawyer...

I am in process of applying for settlement visas for wife and both stepchildren.

Think I have covered off most issues but bit concerned over UKVI and what evidence I may need.

Both are young, oldest 5 with father listed on birth certificate but do have a copy of his death certificate so I'm assuming that will be sufficient, If I need anthing else then grateful for input.

Youngest is 2 and thankfully no father on death certificate. Im listed on his baptism certificate as sponsor and again unknown father which was planning on using as evidene of relationship but assume this helps with sole responsibiliy. So assuming again no issues ?

As we got married in UK on marriage I got visit visas for both and have had all three leaving with me for last 5 months and we have applied for step parent parental responsibility agreement for me tk cover both of them which did for other reasons but which I'm thinking may be usefil as well. Signed off at family court and awaiting stamped version from family court in London.

Anything else required ? Used birth certificates and death certificate in visit visa requests and both went through quickly with no problems so not sure if that indicates whether looking good or not.

What is your wife visa at the moment? Are the childeren On visit visa at the moment?
Are you going to apply it back in the Philippines or here in the UK?

Not yet submitted as all three of them are in the UK and as she was on marriage visa I know that all three applications have to be done from Philippines. Can't actually finish application as one of the questions is prior visits to UK and asks for leaving date and not allowed to put in a future date.

I came back to UK on a marriage for settlement visa which I applied from Philippines, took 60 weeks for the decision and was granted 6 months then I applied for spouse visa ( FLR-M) and it took only about 6 weeks applying here within the U.K.

Now I’m applying for my two boys who wants to join me, which is living with my mother.

1) IHS - As far as I know you have to pay an IHS for your wife and then they will give you an IHS reference number. This IHS will then be asked on your child’s application then it will say you don’t have to pay for the child dependant and will give you another IHS reference number
2)CFO Philippine’s- did she attend the CFO- guidance counselling?
3) marriage contract plus photo
4) proof of accommodation- no of bedrooms
5) proof of finance (18,600+3800+2400)
Plus
6) sponsorship undertaking
7) appendix
8)Letter of intent to British entry clearance officer
9) Cover letter
10) affidavit of support from the Philippine Embassy- related to their exit from Philippines
11) children should be registered to CFO as well

That is 60 days... correction

(1) was expecting to have to pay IHS for all three as did not think dependants were exempt. Nice if they are.
(2) attended cfo at clark and has certificate. But understand that sticker is only inserted after visa start date. Means cannot aim to fly and arrive on visa start date which is annoying or have to risk flyjng from manila and getting sticker at airport. Think i will plan on asking for visa date earlier than planning on using
(3) have uk marriage certificate.
(4) will get new land registry details report showing I own house we are living in. Will add estate agents details from when I bought although that was 18 years ago. Will also covr accomodation in my sponsor letter
(10) not come across affidavit of support from phillipines embassy. What is itvand what is it needed for ?

It’s an affidavit stating that who will support them during their stay in the UK and that they will not be burden in any way a visa be granted... where they gonna stay.
And that the affidavit is executed in connection with their exit from the Philippines to the UK.
They have a form but you can edit it.

I use the affidavit to tell that I am the biological mother, and details about the biological father.

That I will support them during their stay here together with my husband, they gonna be living with us on the same address we live, owned by him. That they will not be a burden if visa granted

And that it is executed in connection with their exit from Philippines.