help I need some advise for me and my daugher

[donnabelvaldeo]

hi there! please give me an advise regarding our situation.
my story is this: i was in the UK for 4 1/2 years as an illegal immigrant. When i was there i met a british national and we live together for more than 3years and had a 3 year old daugher. during our stay in UK, my partner is in income support because he doesnt have a job. last year, my partner and i had decided that me and my daughter voluntarily leave UK because we were scared that if they caught me, my daughter and i will be deported to the philippines and we could not be able to live as a family because we wont be able to be allowed to come back to UK. we've learned that if you voluntarily leave UK, you can apply again after a year to come back to UK. our friends and family help us to be able to buy a ticket to the philippines. my partner had promise that he will sort out his life so that he can bring us back to the UK. After a year, my partner got a stable job. he had save some money and he came here in the philippines last april to visit us. He told me that he misses us a lot and wanted to sponsor us so that we can apply a visa to go back to the UK to live with him. Our problem is this:
a. My partner doesnt have enough savings in the bank as what i read from this forum that you must have at least 2000 pounds .
b. if he could save 2000 pounds, he said that he might need it so that he can rent atleast 1 bedroom flat for our accomdation to satisfy the requirements for accomodation, as he is only living in a rented room.

my daughter really missed being with her dad as she used to be. i can see to her reaction when my partner came here to visit us. and i also would like us to live as a happy family as we used to be while we are in UK. we want our daughter to grow in a normal life were there is a father and a mother raising her to be a happy child.

please give us some advise what we can do.

thank you and God bless you.

donna

[bornatbirth]

i guess you found the right place?

im not an expert here but i try to help?

tell your bf to sign upto and goodluck!

[aromulus]

By rights, isn't the child a UK citizen by birth...??:Erm:

If the british father's name is on the British Birth certificate, it should be easier to apply for visa of some description or the other.:Erm:

But then again..... I may well be wrong.

[darren-b]

Having £2000 in savings is not essential, the two things that are essential are having suitable accomodation and enough money each month for all of you to live on.

[IainBusby]

Having £2000 in savings is not essential, the two things that are essential are having suitable accomodation and enough money each month for all of you to live on.

As long as your partners bank account is generally in credit from month to month and he has suitable accommodation for you all, there is no fixed amount of savings that is required, it's just the more savings he has, the better it looks to the Entry Clearance Officer who will make the decision.

I would have thought that you would have a stronger case if you got married in the Philippines first and then apply for a spouse visa, as it's quite rare for a spouse visa to be refused. As long as on paper it looks like your partner can support you without claiming any extra money from the state, I think you would be OK.
Iain.

[Piamed]

Your daughter would not have been deported. The first things your partner sould do are get some form of regular income, unless he is unable to work, ensure his bank account is in the black for 6 months and that he has appropriate accomodation for you both. 1 bedroom is not enough.

Good luck.