Alba11

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice please.
I am a British citizen but my 18 year old daughter was born in the USA. I moved back to the UK after 30 years in the US and She's visiting me here in the UK at the moment and has decided she would like to live here with me and possibly study at university next year. I've attempted to work out which Visa application form should be completed but it's as clear as mud to me
She would be living with me and I would support her financially if she decides on Uni next year or until she secured a job.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

SanDiegogirl

If you are a British citizen born and bred, then she would be eligible for a British passport (SHE would be British by descent).

Apply for her passport and she won't need to worry about visas.

BritInParis

Providing you were born in the UK and you were married to your daughter's mother at the time she was born then she is a British citizen and needs only apply for her British passport. If you never married her mother then she would need to register as a British citizen before being eligible for a British passport.

scot47

Foreign students fees will be payable. Just warning you. For domestic fees to apply, you need 3-year residence prior to university.

Alba11

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I was not born in the UK, I am a citizen by descent (mother is Scottish). I am my daughter's mother if that changes anything?

Thanks again.

SanDiegogirl

So how long have you been living in the UK?

That might have an affect on whether or not you can register her as British. BritinParis is the expert on registration.

If not able to get her a Brit passport, then Ancestry visa looks like the way to go, or general student visa.

Alba11

Hi SanDiegogirl, thanks for your time

I lived here for 20 years, went to the US for 30 and just moved back here in July. I kinda thought it would have to be a family visa but not sure and don't want to file an application and waste 1,000+ if it's the wrong form.

SanDiegogirl

I was thinking along the lines of settlement visa but then I saw she is 18 and therefore an adult and so not eligible; and I think I have misled you on the Ancestry visa. Your daughter is not a Commonwealth citizen so is not eligible.

BritInParis

If your daughter has turned 18 then you've missed the boat on registration as a British citizen and a settlement visa as the child of a settled person. She'll have to do it the hard way now and apply for a Tier 4 Student visa if she wishes to study in the UK although it won't lead to settlement. This is assuming your father wasn't in Crown service at the time of your birth.

Alba11

Thanks for the replies and sorry for the delay but I've been away.

Sp am I right in thinking now that she's over 18, the only way she can live here is to apply for a visa to study? There's no other way like me sponsoring her?

Thanks again.

formula

You can't sponsor her. She will need to find a university to sponsor her on a Tier 4 visa and apply for that visa from the US. That visa doesn't lead to settlement in the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa/overview

SanDiegogirl

No.... unfortunately she is now an adult; does not qualify for Ancestry visa so the student visa is the way to go.

Priya123

Can someone help me with my below question:
While filling appendix 2 for UK settlement visa - wife we have missed to below answer question but we have provided supporting documents and answered this question on our cover letters.
1.7 How do you keep in touch with your sponsor?

How serious will this be? Do we have to worry about anything?