can a child file for a visit visa...?

[IainBusby]

If the words is "must stick together" then marry in the philippines and you will start from there, you can include your kids with you when you apply spouse visa, thats the best idea I can think of,
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I agree with Mrs M, getting married in the Philippines is the best option. The other option is to apply for a fiancee visa, but because the fiancee visa application will include 2 children, it will be a bit more complicated and uncertain than a spouse visa.

You haven't mentioned your marital status or the childrens father, whether he is alive and whether he has contact with the children or is named on their birth certificates. These sort of details will have a lot of bearing on how easy, or difficult it will be to get either a fiancee or a spouse visa.
Iain.

[aryM]

I agree with Mrs M, getting married in the Philippines is the best option. The other option is to apply for a fiancee visa, but because the fiancee visa application will include 2 children, it will be a bit more complicated and uncertain than a spouse visa.

You haven't mentioned your marital status or the childrens father, whether he is alive and whether he has contact with the children or is named on their birth certificates. These sort of details will have a lot of bearing on how easy, or difficult it will be to get either a fiancee or a spouse visa.
Iain.

Hi Iain,. Thanks for the reply. I am already widowed for about 2 years now. My children are legitimate too.

[Mrs.JMajor]

Hi Iain,. Thanks for the reply. I am already widowed for about 2 years now. My children are legitimate too.

Lucky for you, you dont need to spend 300 thousand php for annulment and wait for nearly 2 years for the decision

[IainBusby]

Hi Iain,. Thanks for the reply. I am already widowed for about 2 years now. My children are legitimate too.

In that case I think that as long as you have evidence of your relationship and that he has visited you in Phils and as long as your bf/fiancee has adequate funds to support you all in the UK, a good steady income and his home in the UK is adequate to house you all, then I don't think you will have any problems in getting either a spouse or fiancee visa.

The advantages of marrying in Phils and applying for spouse visa rather than a fiancee visa is that you can work in the UK from the day that you arrive and you don't have any other visa procedures to go through for 2 years.

If you go for the fiancee visa, it will be for 6 months only and you have to get married in the UK within the 6 month period of the visa. Then you have to apply for FLR (Further Leave to Remain) which will last until you have been in the UK for 2 years in total. At that time you will have to apply for ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) which is the same visa that you would have had to apply for after 2 years, if you had come here on a spouse visa.
Iain.

[aryM]

In that case I think that as long as you have evidence of your relationship and that he has visited you in Phils and as long as your bf/fiancee has adequate funds to support you all in the UK, a good steady income and his home in the UK is adequate to house you all, then I don't think you will have any problems in getting either a spouse or fiancee visa.

The advantages of marrying in Phils and applying for spouse visa rather than a fiancee visa is that you can work in the UK from the day that you arrive and you don't have any other visa procedures to go through for 2 years.

If you go for the fiancee visa, it will be for 6 months only and you have to get married in the UK within the 6 month period of the visa. Then you have to apply for FLR (Further Leave to Remain) which will last until you have been in the UK for 2 years in total. At that time you will have to apply for ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) which is the same visa that you would have had to apply for after 2 years, if you had come here on a spouse visa.
Iain.

Our original plan is to file for a visit visa...,and from that visit, we'll decide as to where we should get married and stay. Will a certification from a doctor that my kids can't be left here during my visit because of the tragedy that happened to us? as they need constant attention from me for them to be fully recovered. Their school is also willing to certify that they'll be absent from the classes for about 2 months and will be coming back after that. These documents will also be notarized. Is there a chance for them to be granted with a visit visa?

[darren-b]

Our original plan is to file for a visit visa...,and from that visit, we'll decide as to where we should get married and stay. Will a certification from a doctor that my kids can't be left here during my visit because of the tragedy that happened to us? as they need constant attention from me for them to be fully recovered. Their school is also willing to certify that they'll be absent from the classes for about 2 months and will be coming back after that. These documents will also be notarized. Is there a chance for them to be granted with a visit visa?

I can't see having letters from a doctor and the school is going to really help. For example the school can't force them to come back, only you can. Being notarised is fairly meaningless - it doesn't make the contents any truer.

There is always a chance they will be granted with a visit visa and the only way to find out is to apply. Obviously there is a chance the visas will be refused and the fees wasted.

[aryM]

I can't see having letters from a doctor and the school is going to really help. For example the school can't force them to come back, only you can. Being notarised is fairly meaningless - it doesn't make the contents any truer.

There is always a chance they will be granted with a visit visa and the only way to find out is to apply. Obviously there is a chance the visas will be refused and the fees wasted.

...I see

Thanks for the reply Darren, will have to think of it..

[Mrs.JMajor]

...I see

Thanks for the reply Darren, will have to think of it..

Tough, isnt it ?So the best option,marry in the Philippines and you all (kids) stick together when u apply spouse visa