Hello everyone..

got married in the philippines to a british national and i am already here in UK on a settlement visa....been here for less than a month now...

ive been planning to get my daughter in the philippines and hopefully, it will be easy to apply a visa for her ...my only worry is my 4 yr.old niece, whom from the day she was born till now, i treated and supported like my own child and she knows that im her mom...to make the story short, she's the daughter of my sis who has her own life now and will be getting married not to the father of her child...her daughter knows that she's the auntie and im the mom...my sister would like me to adopt her daughter, she has her own reasons and i would be very glad to adopt my niece..i love her so much...

i would like to ask for some advice on whats the best way to do, so i can bring my niece to live with me here in UK...do i really need to adopt her, so i can get her here or can i get her here as my niece.....

Thank you and i hope someone can give me an advice on whats the best thing to do....

jbt