Advice On How To Bring My Wifes First Child To England

[vanfan39]

Hi i wondered how hard it is to bring my wifes first child over to england.... my wife is here on a 2 year spouse visa but is due to give birth to our 1st child in 3 weeks ...we plan to go back to thailand in januray.. we would like us all to be together....my wifes daughter is 8 years old and has no contact with her father...she is at present living with her grandma......but grandma is in her seventies and quite unwell if anything happens to her there is nobody to take care of her.................do we need to get permission from her legal father........my wife says she has not seen for 6 years so we would have to track him down........thanks for any advice........jason

[bangon04]

Hi i wondered how hard it is to bring my wifes first child over to england.... my wife is here on a 2 year spouse visa but is due to give birth to our 1st child in 3 weeks ...we plan to go back to thailand in januray.. we would like us all to be together....my wifes daughter is 8 years old and has no contact with her father...she is at present living with her grandma......but grandma is in her seventies and quite unwell if anything happens to her there is nobody to take care of her.................do we need to get permission from her legal father........my wife says she has not seen for 6 years so we would have to track him down........thanks for any advice........jason

Has the child already got a passport? You need the father's permission to get a passport for the daughter. If he is a typical runaway father, he will probably demand money...

[Mario2008]

Would be nice if you gave the nationality of your wife and her ex. I presume they are all Thai.

Can't give you an answer on your question. To legal. You might contact immigration about their requirements or a lawyer.

But at the least you should have written permission from the mother, with a signed copy of her ID. To be sure I would take a copy of the mariage certificate to show you are the girls stepfather. If you already have a return ticket for the girl that would also be helpful, as it shows the intent to return (so no case of child abduction).

[the scouser]

Jason,

My advice in your other thread still stands. Additionally, if the grandparents are no longer physically able to take care of the child, and there is no-one else in Thailand to fill the role, your wife can present the circumstances of the application as being sufficiently compassionate and compelling for the "sole responsibility" requirement to be waived.

If you claim Working/Child Tax Credit, your step-daughter's visa application cannot be refused on that alone.

Have a search of this sub-forum and you'll find quite a few threads about applying for UK settlement visas for children.

Scouse.

[vanfan39]

Jason,

My advice in your other thread still stands. Additionally, if the grandparents are no longer physically able to take care of the child, and there is no-one else in Thailand to fill the role, your wife can present the circumstances of the application as being sufficiently compassionate and compelling for the "sole responsibility" requirement to be waived.

If you claim Working/Child Tax Credit, your step-daughter's visa application cannot be refused on that alone.

Have a search of this sub-forum and you'll find quite a few threads about applying for UK settlement visas for children.

Scouse.

Thanks scouse good advice a s usual

[vanfan39]

Yes mario, they are thai,s.....we intend to apply for a entry visa fir my wifes daugher so she can live in england with her mother .....her mother will be the one applying for the visa with me as her sponser.....sorry if i was unclear

[vanfan39]

Hi i wondered how hard it is to bring my wifes first child over to england.... my wife is here on a 2 year spouse visa but is due to give birth to our 1st child in 3 weeks ...we plan to go back to thailand in januray.. we would like us all to be together....my wifes daughter is 8 years old and has no contact with her father...she is at present living with her grandma......but grandma is in her seventies and quite unwell if anything happens to her there is nobody to take care of her.................do we need to get permission from her legal father........my wife says she has not seen for 6 years so we would have to track him down........thanks for any advice........jason

Has the child already got a passport? You need the father's permission to get a passport for the daughter. If he is a typical runaway father, he will probably demand money...

didnt know we had to get permission for a passport ......thanks mate

[roygsd]

Hi i wondered how hard it is to bring my wifes first child over to england.... my wife is here on a 2 year spouse visa but is due to give birth to our 1st child in 3 weeks ...we plan to go back to thailand in januray.. we would like us all to be together....my wifes daughter is 8 years old and has no contact with her father...she is at present living with her grandma......but grandma is in her seventies and quite unwell if anything happens to her there is nobody to take care of her.................do we need to get permission from her legal father........my wife says she has not seen for 6 years so we would have to track him down........thanks for any advice........jason

Hi as usual Scouser's advice is bang on the money, I would add to that that you may neeed to present evidence that your wife has been actively involved in raising the child to date, i.e. providing financially for the child, directly involved in decisions about schooling and similar matters. I think you need to concentrate on confirming that grandma's role was that of chldminder who was acting on your wifes instruction's and more importantly that grandma was not the decison maker im matteres relating to the raising o the child.

Obviously if it is possible to provide information/documentation confirming the above and also contact between the child and mother ( phone bills, reciepts for clothing, money transfers, letters to grandma confirming instructions regrading decisions taken by the wife, basically the more evidence the better.

All the best

Roy gsd

[Mario2008]

For information on how to apply for the child's passport look here:

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/473.php?id=3167

Gives information about the procedure for under 15 years old.

[bangon04]

For information on how to apply for the child's passport look here:

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/473.php?id=3167

Gives information about the procedure for under 15 years old.

This is very helpful. Is the same thing written in Thai language? If you can post the link....

[Mario2008]

I can't give you the exact link, as my Thai still isn't good enough. But the website of the Thai Foreign Ministry in Thai is:

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2632.php

Look from there for the passport information in Thai.

Edited July 1, 2008 by Mario2008

[vanfan39]

Hi i wondered how hard it is to bring my wifes first child over to england.... my wife is here on a 2 year spouse visa but is due to give birth to our 1st child in 3 weeks ...we plan to go back to thailand in januray.. we would like us all to be together....my wifes daughter is 8 years old and has no contact with her father...she is at present living with her grandma......but grandma is in her seventies and quite unwell if anything happens to her there is nobody to take care of her.................do we need to get permission from her legal father........my wife says she has not seen for 6 years so we would have to track him down........thanks for any advice........jason

Hi as usual Scouser's advice is bang on the money, I would add to that that you may neeed to present evidence that your wife has been actively involved in raising the child to date, i.e. providing financially for the child, directly involved in decisions about schooling and similar matters. I think you need to concentrate on confirming that grandma's role was that of chldminder who was acting on your wifes instruction's and more importantly that grandma was not the decison maker im matteres relating to the raising o the child.

Obviously if it is possible to provide information/documentation confirming the above and also contact between the child and mother ( phone bills, reciepts for clothing, money transfers, letters to grandma confirming instructions regrading decisions taken by the wife, basically the more evidence the better.

All the best

Roy gsd