Need Advice? About Family Visit Visa...

[raynaputi]

Qwerty, im afraid about your application. As per the UKBA Family Visitor Requirement, the family member you are visiting MUST be a British Citizen or Settled in the UK. I think your Mum is neither British Citizen nor Settled in the UK since she has Leave to Remain visa only. Stay optimistic, don't lose hope. Best of luck dear.

When we sponsored my uncle for a family visit visa, I was holding a Fiancee Visa and his family visit visa was approved. If Qwerty can show proofs that she will return to the Philippines, her mother's current visa won't be an issue.

[vernier caliper]

When we sponsored my uncle for a family visit visa, I was holding a Fiancee Visa and his family visit visa was approved.

UKBA says "To come to the UK as a family visitor, you must be able to show that you will be visiting the following family members in the UK:

spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister;

grandfather, grandmother, grandson or granddaughter;

spouse or civil partner's father, mother, brother or sister;

son or daughter's spouse or civil partner;

stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister; or

a person you have been living with in a genuine and subsisting relationship, like marriage or civil partnership, for at least 2 years before the day you apply.

If you want to visit a family member who is NOT LISTED ABOVE, you should come to the UK as a GENERAL VISITOR."

I therefore considered UNCLE as General Visitor and not a Family Visitor.

Anyway, rules are always complicated. It's how we filled the application form and how we presented the evidence that matters most.