Should Fiancee's son Come to UK on a Fiancee Visa?

[Breakfast]

Yes, the father is named on the birth certificate. After the separation, the boy the lived with his father for some time but has been with his mother since September 2009 and I have been financially supporting both since then; the father having no financial input and little contact since that date. The father is not contesting custody but, equally, the father is unaware of my existence.

The intention was that the boy would be brought to the UK by my fiancee's mother during her break from teaching in April/May. This looks highly unlikely now due to delays in getting annulment. That is why I am thinking it best for the boy to come to the UK on a Fiancee Visa. But I think the Visa authorities may refuse unless we can show the boy would suffer hardship for perhaps the 2-3 months it would take to bring him here after my fiancee arrives.

[joebloggs]

the father having no financial input and little contact since that date. The father is not contesting custody but, equally, the father is unaware of my existence.

The intention was that the boy would be brought to the UK by my fiancee's mother during her break from teaching in April/May.

the embassy might want to know where the father is and contact him, as he is named on the birth cert and has lived with his father til Sept 2009?, and still has some contact with his father..

and another potential problem your presuming her mother would be granted a visit visa

[Breakfast]

the embassy might want to know where the father is and contact him, as he is named on the birth cert and has lived with his father til Sept 2009?, and still has some contact with his father..

I think that father and son are not really interested in seeing each other. The father does not take active steps to contact his son and is not contesting sole custody by my fiancee. I realise that 'sole custody' is not the same as 'sole responsibility' and the visa authorities are really concerned with 'sole responsibility'.

But the boy's father has had no input into his child's life since September, 2009; he has made no payments to my fiancee to financially support him and is not involved whatsoever in decisions over his care and schooling. I do not even believe he has even made any offer to make payments or take an active part in decisions regarding his son. My fiancee has never sought any maintenance payments and she is not seeking any share of the property they once lived in or any other payment from him upon annulment.

The only moneys my fiancee receives are her own earnings and what I send her each month. The money I send certainly accounts for more than half her total income and I have kept a full record of these payments. I think this would be enough to show that I have taken on responsibility for my fiancee's son.

I guess the visa authorities may well want to contact the boy's father, but even while my fiancee is in the UK, he would be cared for by my fiancee's family, and the father would still probably not want any input into his life.

I do realise, however, that if the boy's father did know of my existence, he may change his mind and want his son back.

and another potential problem your presuming her mother would be granted a visit visa

If there were visa problems, my fiancee could always go to the Philippines to collect her child.

[sars_notd_virus]

If there were visa problems, my fiancee could always go to the Philippines to collect her child.

It would still be easier to file the application now, (fiance with dependant) as when your fiance leave her child for a long period of time ,a chance of sole responsiblity is harder to prove and obtain.