<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(truelove26 @ Mar 21 2006, 09:49 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
hi guys here i am again asking another question...i hope you can help me with this..i have a baby with my previous relationship and my husband and i are planning to bring her over here hopefully next year.the trouble is we dont know exactly what the papers that we need and what is the easiset way to get her here.what are the documents that we need.
do i need to apply alone or we both need to go back to phil???please guys help....thanks..
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Hello Trulove26, sounds like one for me to get my teeth into !
So, why didnt you bring the baby when you first entered the United Kingdom ?
surely, your baby is your dependant child, so normally you would have applied for your baby to be a party to your initial visa application to enter UK, on that basis, your baby would also have been granted leave to enter the UK as your dependant.
If you havent disclosed this to the British Embassy, did they ask you, 'Who is looking after your child when you come to the UK "?
If they didnt, did you conceal this from them ??
Sounds to me like you have a story ? if so ? let it out !, so that we can help you !
Of course I am trying to read betweent the lines, which is dangerous but, what is the status of the relationship between the baby's father and the child ?
Is he on the birth certificate ?
If so, will he consent to the baby leaving the RP?
I think you need also to get consent from the DFA in Manila to have permission granted for a child to be taken from the Philippines, ( I do not know how this is done) but I believe you must be back in the RP yourself to get consent, you also don't say if you have been married to the father of the child, if so, was it annulled, and if so, what were the arrangements for the baby ?
If not married and not annuled ? does the baby have a relationship with its Father ? if not, then I suggest you make an application when back in the Philippines direct to the UKVacs service, details are at this site, if you use the search function you should find details of ukvacs.
When applying, you will need to pay the visa fee, plus processing fee plus, have a valid travel document for your baby, i.e. passport, and birth certificate of your child, then you will probably be ok, to receive a visa by post, but also, I think you should check with the DFA in Manila, as I am pretty sure, there are rules for removing a child from the Philippines that is resident there.
If you expand on your story, I might be able to push you in the right direction.
Pete
