settlement visa - daughter

[jbt]

hello,

After i was granted ILR, we are in the process of preparing all the documents for my daughters settlement visa application.

one of the supporting document will be the no objection letter from her father confirming that he has no objection for her to travel and live with me and my husband and that I have the sole responsibility for our daughter.

our question is, do we need this letter to be notarized or we can submit it as it is?

thank you all in advance.

[Mrs Daddy]

if i were u i have to notarized it for safer reason.why not anyway take your daughter when you were still on your spouse visa so that if she`s here you could apply for ILR together.

[jbt]

hi mrsdaddy, thank you for your reply, yeah, i guess, its much better for the letter to be notarized, due to some reasons, we were not able to apply for her visa while im still on spouse visa, but we do hope that she will be granted a visa and i wish she will not be asked for interview.

[Mrs.JMajor]

hi mrsdaddy, thank you for your reply, yeah, i guess, its much better for the letter to be notarized, will be granted a visa and i wish she will not be asked for interview.

just cant understand your words"due to some reasons, we were not able to apply for her visa while im still on spouse visa" coz as i read b4 on the forum u can get them straight away anytime when u are in settlement visa(spouse visa)

[jbt]

just cant understand your words"due to some reasons, we were not able to apply for her visa while im still on spouse visa" coz as i read b4 on the forum u can get them straight away anytime when u are in settlement visa(spouse visa)

hi jed,

i apologize for the confusion, 'it's just our choice' that we didnt apply for her visa straightaway while im still on spouse visa,yes we could have applied for her visa straightaway but at that time but we are sorting out many things and felt that it will be better for my daughter to come after ive got my ILR.

[IainBusby]

Hi JBT,
You don't have to include a letter of approval from your husband, notorized or otherwise, you just have to state on the form that you have sole responsibility for your daughter.
Iain.

[joebloggs]

you don't need a letter from your ex if you have some form of a sole custody document from a court, as you need to prove you have sole responsibility for the child, but the more evidence you have the better, so a notarized statement from the other parent would be good if you can get one.

with my stepson, we got his father to write a letter giving his approval of his son moving to the uk, even thou we didn't need it, as his father is not named on his birth cert and his parents were never married, but i thought it would help his visa app. we didn't notarise the letter, as we got him to sign it, and and also sent a copy of his driving license which had his signature on..

also you better explain in a letter of support, that once settled you intended to apply for a settlement visa for your daughter

who's been looking after your daughter? your mother?, does your ex have contact with your daughter ? and have you evidence that you sent money to who ever is caring for your daughter?

[jbt]

you don't need a letter from your ex if you have some form of a sole custody document from a court, as you need to prove you have sole responsibility for the child, but the more evidence you have the better, so a notarized statement from the other parent would be good if you can get one.

with my stepson, we got his father to write a letter giving his approval of his son moving to the uk, even thou we didn't need it, as his father is not named on his birth cert and his parents were never married, but i thought it would help his visa app. we didn't notarise the letter, as we got him to sign it, and and also sent a copy of his driving license which had his signature on..

also you better explain in a letter of support, that once settled you intended to apply for a settlement visa for your daughter

who's been looking after your daughter? your mother?, does your ery muchex have contact with your daughter ? and have you evidence that you sent money to who ever is caring for your daughter?

thanks Iain and joebloggs, thank you very much for the infos., my married sister and her husband is looking after my daughter and me and my husband is sending money for my daughter monthly and we've got all the receipts w/us, w/ the monthly support we're sending, it also includes a little amount of help for my sister's family as well.

my daughter knows her father, 'coz he lives in the next city they're living in and not that far away, he's also married and got a family of his own, we never got married and he's not mentioned on her birth certificate, they see each other very rarely, like xmas or birthdays, maybe at least twice or thrice a year. my daughter is turning 15 and eversince, i separated from her father, more or less 12 years now, he never gave any financial support. i just hope he'll give my daughter a letter w/out playing hard to get.

i do not have a sole custody form from the court, i wonder if your wife has this? if so, how did she get one or how's the procedure or requirements needed to obtain one?

thank you very much again joebloggs and sorry if i always bother you w/ all my queries.

best regards,
jbt

[IainBusby]

thanks Iain and joebloggs, thank you very much for the infos., my married sister and her husband is looking after my daughter and me and my husband is sending money for my daughter monthly and we've got all the receipts w/us, w/ the monthly support we're sending, it also includes a little amount of help for my sister's family as well.

my daughter knows her father, 'coz he lives in the next city they're living in and not that far away, he's also married and got a family of his own, we never got married and he's not mentioned on her birth certificate, they see each other very rarely, like xmas or birthdays, maybe at least twice or thrice a year. my daughter is turning 15 and eversince, i separated from her father, more or less 12 years now, he never gave any financial support. i just hope he'll give my daughter a letter w/out playing hard to get.

i do not have a sole custody form from the court, i wonder if your wife has this? if so, how did she get one or how's the procedure or requirements needed to obtain one?

thank you very much again joebloggs and sorry if i always bother you w/ all my queries.

best regards,
jbt

If your ex is not mentioned on the birth certificate and has nothing in writing to say that he has any rights over your daughter, then you have sole responsibility for her. I wouldn't mention your ex at all, after all, he doesn't have regular contact with her and he doesn't support her. My wife didn't have anything in writing to say that she had sole cusody of her daughter, but her ex was not mentioned on the birth certificate, so she had sole custody.

I think if you ask him for a letter he's almost certain to think it's his birthday and see cash registers ringing up crazy figures in front of his eyes, you being married to a Brit and absolutely rolling in money as he would see it.

I think the best thing for you to do is to totally exclude him from the whole process, don't tell him anything at all about the visa and make sure that your daughter doesn't tell him either. Then when your daughter gets to the UK, she can send him a nice postcard.
Iain.

[jbt]

If your ex is not mentioned on the birth certificate and has nothing in writing to say that he has any rights over your daughter, then you have sole responsibility for her. I wouldn't mention your ex at all, after all, he doesn't have regular contact with her and he doesn't support her. My wife didn't have anything in writing to say that she had sole cusody of her daughter, but her ex was not mentioned on the birth certificate, so she had sole custody.

I think if you ask him for a letter he's almost certain to think it's his birthday and see cash registers ringing up crazy figures in front of his eyes, you being married to a Brit and absolutely rolling in money as he would see it.

I think the best thing for you to do is to totally exclude him from the whole process, don't tell him anything at all about the visa and make sure that your daughter doesn't tell him either. Then when your daughter gets to the UK, she can send him a nice postcard.
Iain.

Thanks Iain, we are just really torn, whether to mention him in the application or totally exclude him, the thing that worries me is that if in case, we will exclude him totally in the application, and if there will be an interview for my daughter and if they ask if she's been seeing her father(even rarely), if she says yes, this might affect the result of the application.

you are right he might really think its his bday and may ask for something but he'll never get anything material or financial from me or my husband in exchange.

we're giving ourselves a bit more time to decide and finalize what we will write in the application.

thanks Iain and please give my regards to louella.

[joebloggs]

you shouldn't have a problem at all then, just mention in your letter of support, that you've been sending her money thru your sister, and her father has never provided finanical support for her, and your daughter rarely sees him as he has his own family.

[jbt]

you shouldn't have a problem at all then, just mention in your letter of support, that you've been sending her money thru your sister, and her father has never provided finanical support for her, and your daughter rarely sees him as he has his own family.

thanks again joebloggs, we're gonna mention it to the letter of support.how i wish my daughter will not have an interview

best regards
jbt

[joebloggs]

thanks again joebloggs, we're gonna mention it to the letter of support.how i wish my daughter will not have an interview

best regards
jbt

don't worry about it, my stepson got called for an interview but that was more than 2 years ago, i think there is less chance now.

they just asked him about his father, mother, why he wanted to goto the uk, nothing difficult.

so just be prepared if she does

[jbt]

don't worry about it, my stepson got called for an interview but that was more than 2 years ago, i think there is less chance now.

they just asked him about his father, mother, why he wanted to goto the uk, nothing difficult.

so just be prepared if she does

thank you, thank you, you're an angel...