Agency's?

[bangbuathongben]

I am posting this thread in the hope of some recomendations on agency's, as I am at the final straw with trying to reunite our stepdaughetr with us here in the uk. Ok firstly a quick rundown of my situation, my wife entered the uk in September 2005 on a SV. Since then my wife has had a extention granted to her visa of 2 years. During this time my wife and I have had a child of our own who is now 18 months old. Originaly when we came to the uk our plan was to bring our stepdaughter over once we got settled, she has just turned 15 years old. Her father agreed to take care of her while we got settled in the uk then applied for her visa. We did this and got refused on several issues. We the re-applied, this also got refused, both cases we also went to appeal hearings for. Now unfortunatly things have taken a turn for the worse and her father wants to kick her out (evil stepmother who has decided that she agreed to 2 months not 2 years) I have been sending money over for a period of 2 years, and we have sole custody of our daughter, but because the father is taking care of her now the courts judged that he has responsibility, which he would have to, to a certain degree as she is staying with him. Anyhow to cut to the chase this is causing alot of strain on my wife, so we have decided to try a agency before my wife returns to thailand to support our stepdaughter and my real daughter, which will be a nightmare being apart from them. So does anybody have the emails of any good agency's that might be able to help? I have tried to contact siam-legal, but they basically told me that I was fighting a lost cause. Any help would be much appreciated

Bang...............

Edited January 8, 2008 by bangbuathongben

[Mossfinn]

Hi Bang,

I don't think you are fighting a lost cause here, but am not knowledgeable enough to answer sufficiently for you, however:

Please post the issues for refusal:

Although you have Sole Custody, I can understand their reluctance to accept this as being dependent on you.

Is your daughter 15 now or when you started to apply for a visa? as soon as you get near 16 it gets more difficult to get a visa, as they suggest they will find it difficult to integrate,...

However one possibility maybe the fact that your daughter no longer has a viable and stable family Unit, something you can offer.

As an Agency, please ensure you contact/engage an OISC registered body, I personally will recommend DaviesKhan, Scouse of this Forum, who helped me in a similar, although not entirely the same, situation.

Good Luck

Moss

[Mossfinn]

a viable and stable family Unit, something you can offer.

Sorry Bang,

That should read, 'a viable, stable and independent family unit'.

Moss

[the scouser]

Ben,

If you want to contact me then feel free to do so. Alternatively, e-mail me the previous refusal notices and AIT determinations and I'll give you an assessment of your chances. Also include a phone number.

Scouse.