Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
my stepson knew his dad pretty well, but his dad lives in the usa now, also my stepson was 17 when we applied for a settlement visa for him, they asked him to attend an interview and asked him about his father.

his father wasn't named on the birth cert, but my misses got his father to write a letter giving his consent for his son to go and live in the uk, he got his visa in a few weeks.

good you have the evidence about supporting your kids , but money is one part of it, but also..

http://www.gherson.com/News/Sole-Res...in-the-UK.aspx

To meet the sole responsibility requirement, it is necessary to satisfy the Home Office that the sponsoring parent has, usually for a substantial period of time, been the chief person exercising parental responsibility for the child. This means that the sponsoring parent has had and still has the ultimate responsibility for the major decisions relating to the child’s upbringing and provides the child with the majority of the financial and emotional support it requires. The sponsoring parent must show that he or she has had, and continues to have, care and control of the child.

thanks for useful info. i am a bit concerned in contacting my ex although we have tried it before and sent email to him and his wife saw it and replied back to me and threatened me and my kids so i am not going to even go there. just don't want to risk it, last info i got he is working on a cruise ship in peru. my son only saw him when he was 1 1/2 yr old and was too young to remember and my daughter never set her eyes on him as he has gone AWOL.

one concern i have got it when i filed for my annulment my kids' names were mentioned there that it's his kids but on my daughter's bc his name was not mentioned because i got so worried that our marriage was bigamous hence i did not include his name on the bc, i am really concerned with that.

thanks again mod joebloggs.