Mama wants to come and work here

[ginapeterb]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stereotongue &#064; Mar 10 2006, 10&#58;17 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Great - I&#39;ll go hunt Pauldo down then &#33;&#33;&#33;
Salamat po

Andrew
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Pauldo is your man for this thread.


Pete

[Pauldo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ginapeterb &#064; Mar 12 2006, 05&#58;01 PM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Pauldo is your man for this thread.
Pete
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Hi all, Pauldo here [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Hellooo.gif[/img]

To tell the truth all we got for the mum in law was just a basic settlement visa, much like you would get for a wife. The paperwork was almost identical except for the supporting letter really. My wife was the &#39;sponsor&#39; and had to prove we could support her and we had a place for her to stay and money enough.

The deal was that she had to have a good reason to come live here. She has no income or support in the PI, no business or property there, she is single, plus she is old and feeble, so it was really a case of her coming here for us to support her and look after her. &#39;Extreme compassionate circumstances&#39; I believe they call it on the web site, so if she&#39;d been a woman of means she would most probably not have got the visa. She was also only 63, where as parents are supposed to be 65 or older to qualify under those conditions. I think a few delicately placed tears persuaded the interviewer.

Her application was sent in last September, an interview was required, which she did about six weeks later, and she got the visa stamped that same day. I went over and got her in the shortest ever visit to the PI, in January. Four days &#39;in country&#39;, then back to the UK.

Let me know if there&#39;s any more info you need.