
Originally Posted by
RickyR
I can only speak in my situation where my wife has a daughter from a previous marriage in the Philippines. When we first applied for her to come to the UK on a visit visa with my wife, we discussed this with the Embassy and they said that they just needed some proof or statement that father had no involvement.
In the end we just provided a letter from my wife saying that she had no contact and no way of contacting the husband, and they said this would also be sufficient in the future for a settlement visa.
Now the family are in the process of moving to Oman, where it isn't an issue either.