i need your expert advice guys

[bazsasagim]

hi everybody my name is sasa and i am new in this forum, the reason why i joined this forum is that i direly need some wisdom from you guys regarding some of my problems
first is this:
i have a boyfriend which is from Wales and now we are planning to get married next year and he wants me to have a british passport, how can we possibly do that?
also i have a son which is two years old and he wanted to adopt him so that he too can get a british passport, if anybody here which had the almost same situation where i am now please givee me your expert advice on these, thank you...

[darren-b]

You can't just get a British passport, you need to live in the UK first for at least 3 years which require you to apply for a at least a couple of visas.

Where do you plan to get married - in the Philippines or the UK?

[marlyn&kenny]

Welcome to the forum!

[KeithD]

Adoption can be a major problem if the father does not agree.

Including visa application time, and time in UK, it'll be about 4 years before you'd see a British passport.

[Sophie]

welcome to the forum

[bazsasagim]

we plan to get married here in the phils and after that we'll get married in the uk as well,????

[bazsasagim]

the father of my son is dead and his name was never in my son's birth certificate, and my boyfriend was never married and has no kids at all...
would that still be a big problem???

[beppe]

You need to verify the legal status of you child for you have to contact:

Department of Social Welfare and Development
Constitution Hills, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City, Philippines
Tel. (632)931-81-01 to 07

Even when you apply for you visa, more likely the embassy will ask documentation from DSWD regarding you son because he is a minor.

[pennybarry]

First thing is talk and think about your spouse visa and convince the ECO if your relationship is genuine.

British passport is long way to go.

[darren-b]

we plan to get married here in the phils and after that we'll get married in the uk as well,????

You can't get married in the UK if you already got married in the Philippines (though obviously you could have some form of blessing and/or a party in the UK).

So you will need to apply for a spouse visa after you get married.

[joebloggs]

the father of my son is dead and his name was never in my son's birth certificate, and my boyfriend was never married and has no kids at all...
would that still be a big problem???

if the father is not mentioned on the birth cert then you need to show you have legal custody (which you should have as the child is under 7)and also you have sole responsibility for the child.

[Arthur Little]

hi everybody my name is sasa and i am new in this forum, the reason why i joined this forum is that i direly need some wisdom from you guys regarding some of my problems
first is this:
i have a boyfriend which is from Wales and now we are planning to get married next year and he wants me to have a british passport, how can we possibly do that?
also i have a son which is two years old and he wanted to adopt him so that he too can get a british passport, if anybody here which had the almost same situation where i am now please givee me your expert advice on these, thank you...

I can't really add to the advice you've already received, Sasa ... other than to offer you a warm to the forum.

[burpiesbaby]

This might sound stupid but how do I show that I have sole custody/responsiblity of the child if the father was never mentioned in the birth certificate? I am in the same situation as sasa... Thank you

[fred]

i have a boyfriend which is from Wales

There`s your problem right there!

[Arthur Little]

There`s your problem right there!

Aw ... the much-maligned Welsh ... are they REALLY that bad? What about the well-known anthem declaring they "keep a *welcome [in] the hillside ~ when you come home again to "? Or, on second thoughts, is *this restricted to their own ex-pat boyos?

[joebloggs]

This might sound stupid but how do I show that I have sole custody/responsiblity of the child if the father was never mentioned in the birth certificate? I am in the same situation as sasa... Thank you

if the father is not mentioned on the child's birth cert then you shouldn't really have any problems if the child lives with you. does the child have contact with the father ? depending on the age of the child they could be interviewed.

you could have custody of the child but not sole responsibility ( the child could live on the other side of the phils with your mom or other relative while you work in Manila etc the embassy might say you dont have sole responsibility, or worse you work in another country)

search for 'sole responsibility on the forum.

[aryM]

you can go to your local social welfare office and ask for a certificate of solo parent (sole custody) just like what i did to my 2 kids.