very interesting for me also as my fiancee has a 3yr old son [father done a runner as soon as the seed was planted so father unknown on his birth cert]when we applied before for a tourist visa her refusal stated that a child IS NO PROVE THAT YOU INTENT to return to the philippines so we are getting married first in the philippines get her to the uk first then we will cross the next step and bearing in mind i will be retiring to the phils in the next 2-7 years take things as they come.