certified copy of passport

[Pauldo]

Originally posted by admin@Sep 4 2005, 07:46 PM
Try a few, one will at least charge only £20

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I'll tell her to check around a few, see if there is a cheaper service. It's to help in a visa application for the mother in law. (Yes, you read it right, we're trying to get the mum in law over on a settlement visa :huh: )

Most documents we can send originals of, but they specify 'certified copies' of passports.

[peterdavid]

Originally posted by Pauldo@Sep 4 2005, 07:11 PM
I'll tell her to check around a few, see if there is a cheaper service. It's to help in a visa application for the mother in law. (Yes, you read it right, we're trying to get the mum in law over on a settlement visa :huh: )

Most documents we can send originals of, but they specify 'certified copies' of passports.

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You can definitely get cheaper (if not free with a donation to their charity tin/biscuit tin).

If I may ask a personal question (and feel free to tell me to mind my own) - in applying for the mother in law as a dependent, how are you claiming she is dependent on you (eg, have you had to consistently send her money over the past 4 years) and is your application stating she will be living with you once she comes to you?

I ask only because we may be in a similar situation in the next few years.

[Pauldo]

Originally posted by peterdavid@Sep 8 2005, 11:07 AM
You can definitely get cheaper (if not free with a donation to their charity tin/biscuit tin).

If I may ask a personal question (and feel free to tell me to mind my own) - in applying for the mother in law as a dependent, how are you claiming she is dependent on you (eg, have you had to consistently send her money over the past 4 years) and is your application stating she will be living with you once she comes to you?

I ask only because we may be in a similar situation in the next few years.

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We have been supporting her forever, (or so it seems) as she basically has no other relatives who can actually contribute enough to count, so we send her about £75 a month on average since we moved to the UK, 3 years ago. My wife has kept most all the receipts for that. I hope :huh:

She lived with us for about five years when we were in the PI, and she's not a bad old girl. The plan is that she'll be living with us in England, which is a good deal both ways, as she can in turn be our live in babysitter for our daughter. That way both my wife and I can work as and when we need to without all the running around arranging to collect/drop off the daughter at school.

I'm just hoping this new 'no interview' deal is correct, as mentioned in another post, as that makes life easier for getting the application rolling.

[grahamw48]

I know it's a nice idea you have, but I thought that your MIL would have to show that she had no living relations out there who could support her.:unsure:

Have you contacted immigration in Croyden ?

[Pauldo]

Originally posted by grahamw48@Dec 3 2005, 03:18 PM
I know it's a nice idea you have, but I thought that your MIL would have to show that she had no living relations out there who could support her.:unsure:

Have you contacted immigration in Croyden ?

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Funny you should mention it, but she got her visa last week and I've just done battle with the airline companies to sort a couple of flights out to go and collect her in January. I've documented it in a couple of other posts spread around the forum somewhere.

She was basically granted the visa on the 'exceptional hardship' category. She does have family over there, but they are no better off than she is and have their own lives to run.
Cheers, Pauldo