How can I get my daughter to the UK?

[newracy]

Your accommodation is very important and usually, it is stated in your sponsor letter.
But embassy may or may not ask your hotel reservation if your ex husband cannot accommodate you(as you said). Flight bookings is I think a requirement because I showed my bookings when I done my application. Some applicants paid their bookings and they wasted money for that because they paid their ticket already. But some airlines only accepts booking fees. That means, you only need to pay your booking, not the ticket. You also need to pay your travel insurance and that is really a requirement. The cost is depend upon the insurance company and how much requirement you need to be insured. I paid around P 9,000 for myself five years ago.

thanx penny but he is not my ex-husband we didnt marry he is just the father of my daughter...he said he is going to give me a sponsor letter saying he will finance me and he will let me go out of the UK after my trip....i dont think he will buy me already a ticket or booked me alreay the hotel he is soo very careful in using his money but he said he will give me a full suport on this trip...i am not sure on this visit visa but we agreed that we will just try..

thank you again

Are you in the UK now penny?where are you?

[pennybarry]

thanx penny but he is not my ex-husband we didnt marry he is just the father of my daughter...he said he is going to give me a sponsor letter saying he will finance me and he will let me go out of the UK after my trip....i dont think he will buy me already a ticket or booked me alreay the hotel he is soo very careful in using his money but he said he will give me a full suport on this trip...i am not sure on this visit visa but we agreed that we will just try..

thank you again

Are you in the UK now penny?where are you?

Oh sorry, I thought you were married before.

There's no really harm in trying and that is good for you that you found this site to know more about applying a visa.

I'm here in UK but I was granted visit visa twice before I got my spouse visa. That's why I shared you some tips.

If he is very careful to pay your booking flights then that will be a problem. But let others reply in your thread. Who knows there are some members who applied visit visa without flight bookings. Or click this UK embassy website in Pinas. You will know loads of info in their website.

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/

[newracy]

i am worrying i couldnt make it but i will try and listen to all your advises guys

thanks again and hope when i get in the UK i would have chance to meet some of you guys...will glad to meet you

[newracy]

in Family visit VISA ....if i dont have any savings will they let me have one?i only have business but no savings yet

i will submit my application next week....see if i can have visa

[newracy]

i have been refused to visit UK as a tourist.....why is that???

[IainBusby]

i have been refused to visit UK as a tourist.....why is that???

Have they returned your documents yet, if so there should be a letter in there telling you the reasons the have refused you.
Iain.

[keithAngel]

They will have refused unless there is something we dont from any previous application be cause of lack of funds and/or they dont believe your ties to the Phillipines are strong enough to return at the end of your visit.

Reading this thread I can see why they may think that as you say what you want is the possibility to raise your child here.They probably think is as well

A one week visit could only really be so that the father can see his child and they probably would find this unusual if not suspicious as it would be more normal for the father to visit you cheaper to.

If the child has a UK passport and the reason for your visit had been to for example hand over custody that might not have been such a strange request but we dont know what you said on the application so hard to say more.

You can of course appeal the refusal and even reapply if the reasons to visit were to change

[darren-b]

They will have refused unless there is something we dont from any previous application be cause of lack of funds and/or they dont believe your ties to the Phillipines are strong enough to return at the end of your visit.

Reading this thread I can see why they may think that as you say what you want is the possibility to raise your child here.They probably think is as well

A one week visit could only really be so that the father can see his child and they probably would find this unusual if not suspicious as it would be more normal for the father to visit you cheaper to.

If the child has a UK passport and the reason for your visit had been to for example hand over custody that might not have been such a strange request but we dont know what you said on the application so hard to say more.

You can of course appeal the refusal and even reapply if the reasons to visit were to change

Didn't think you could appeal if a tourist visa was refused.

[keithAngel]

Didn't think you could appeal if a tourist visa was refused.

Yes your right I was thinking this a family visit for the child

[joebloggs]

i have been refused to visit UK as a tourist.....why is that???

what do you want, live in the uk with your child or just a visit ?

[newracy]

i just want a visit i know living there is soooooo expensive but the father of my child just want to spend a little time with her daughter atleast once a year especially during her birthday yes they said its suspicious that i might stay there bec my daughter holds a british passport she can stay there as long as she wants but NO we wont i have a business here in the philippines and im planning to have more business they said no need to appeal my application....

[newracy]

the father said we will try to apply again bec he really wants to see his daughter last year he was here

[darren-b]

the father said we will try to apply again bec he really wants to see his daughter last year he was here

Unfortunately in your current situation you are always likely to be refused.