how to bring my child in uk

[ginapeterb]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(truelove26 &#064; Mar 22 2006, 09&#58;36 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
im worried now... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bigcry.gif[/img]
she is with my sister right now and she has a nanny in phil who took care of her...my husband and i really really wanted her to bring her over here now that we are married....i hope there is still possible way to bring her over coz she is still my child after all....
i would appreciate any more ideas about this...many thanks....

truelove26
[/b][/quote]


Hello trulove26, please dont worry about this anymore, you have nothing to be worried about, from what you have said, your husband has no need to adopt your child, since you are the living parent, he would be the step-Dad for a while,but in time, your daughters name can be legitamately changed to that of your family name now, this is known as a &#39;child of the family&#39; although Keith has said, you husband could adopt your baby, I see no need for that, since he will accept the role of Father in any event, and the child will grow up with you and Him, in time when you naturalize the child along with yourself, there will be no need to go through a adoption proceeding, adoptions are only really of interest if the child is an orphan, and is being placed with parents who are not blood relatives.


You also don&#39;t need a solicitor, to bring your child to UK, my suggestion is, get the appropriate forms from the UKvacs website, or you can get them here http://www.ukvacs.net or similar.

Then it would be a good idea if you were in Manila to take in the application, to UKvacs, if you need help to find these detail, you can link through to them through my site at

http://www.british-filipino.com/applicatio...settlement.html

You need the Forum VAFW2002 once having filled in the form, the fee of £260.00 is payable locally in PHp,
you need your childs passport, and birth certificate clearly showing you as the parent, as the Fathers name is n ot on the birth certificate then you have no problems, clearly you were not married to this man, he has no rights of visitation, as far as the British Embassy is concerned, they will not ask about that, since, he has had no contact, or any relationship with the child.

I think you must go also to DFA to get release papers from them (although I am not 100 per cent certain about this), my best friend has just brought his wife to UK with 2 children in similar circumstances to you, so take heart, because they had no trouble at all at the Embassy.

I did prepare a covering letter for my freind along the lines, that the Father has no contact with his children, and that no relationship exists, I assume your baby is young, so there wouldnt be a need to have the child see a Filipino Attorney to have its wishes recorded as true.

This is normally useful, if the Embassy needs to see an affidavit, that the child is happy to leave the Philippines and enter UK and become settled in a new family.

In this case I dont think that is required, as the baby is with your sister, this is common in the Philippines, they are used to seeing this, so its now time to get your baby here with you, so go ahead and start the process, Im sure you will have nothing to worry about, and good luck with it.

Documents required



Passport for the Baby
NSO Birth Certificate with the baby&#39;s correct name on.
Fee
processing Fee for UKvacs

thats it &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;


Any more questions, please send them to the forum for anyone to answer.

best wishes

[truelove26]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ginapeterb &#064; Mar 23 2006, 06&#58;56 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Hello trulove26, please dont worry about this anymore, you have nothing to be worried about, from what you have said, your husband has no need to adopt your child, since you are the living parent, he would be the step-Dad for a while,but in time, your daughters name can be legitamately changed to that of your family name now, this is known as a &#39;child of the family&#39; although Keith has said, you husband could adopt your baby, I see no need for that, since he will accept the role of Father in any event, and the child will grow up with you and Him, in time when you naturalize the child along with yourself, there will be no need to go through a adoption proceeding, adoptions are only really of interest if the child is an orphan, and is being placed with parents who are not blood relatives.
You also don&#39;t need a solicitor, to bring your child to UK, my suggestion is, get the appropriate forms from the UKvacs website, or you can get them here http://www.ukvacs.net or similar.

Then it would be a good idea if you were in Manila to take in the application, to UKvacs, if you need help to find these detail, you can link through to them through my site at

http://www.british-filipino.com/applicatio...settlement.html

You need the Forum VAFW2002 once having filled in the form, the fee of £260.00 is payable locally in PHp,
you need your childs passport, and birth certificate clearly showing you as the parent, as the Fathers name is n ot on the birth certificate then you have no problems, clearly you were not married to this man, he has no rights of visitation, as far as the British Embassy is concerned, they will not ask about that, since, he has had no contact, or any relationship with the child.

I think you must go also to DFA to get release papers from them (although I am not 100 per cent certain about this), my best friend has just brought his wife to UK with 2 children in similar circumstances to you, so take heart, because they had no trouble at all at the Embassy.

I did prepare a covering letter for my freind along the lines, that the Father has no contact with his children, and that no relationship exists, I assume your baby is young, so there wouldnt be a need to have the child see a Filipino Attorney to have its wishes recorded as true.

This is normally useful, if the Embassy needs to see an affidavit, that the child is happy to leave the Philippines and enter UK and become settled in a new family.

In this case I dont think that is required, as the baby is with your sister, this is common in the Philippines, they are used to seeing this, so its now time to get your baby here with you, so go ahead and start the process, Im sure you will have nothing to worry about, and good luck with it.

Documents required
Passport for the Baby
NSO Birth Certificate with the baby&#39;s correct name on.
Fee
processing Fee for UKvacs

thats it &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;
Any more questions, please send them to the forum for anyone to answer.

best wishes
[/b][/quote]pete than you very much for all the information....it really helps a lot...its like a breath of fresh air...thanks again pete....

truelove26