A hello and a question re stepchildren!
May 10th 2011, 7:12 pm
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A hello and a question re stepchildren!
Hi all
Will hopefully be using this forum regularly as we prepare to move over to Bahrain this year.
I have a question regarding family visas for Bahrain - are stepchildren covered? I have read "immediate family" which of course I consider my step daughter, but do the Bahraini's see it that way too?
If anyone has any experience/knowledge of this subject I'ld be grateful of any advice!
Cheers
Will hopefully be using this forum regularly as we prepare to move over to Bahrain this year.
I have a question regarding family visas for Bahrain - are stepchildren covered? I have read "immediate family" which of course I consider my step daughter, but do the Bahraini's see it that way too?
If anyone has any experience/knowledge of this subject I'ld be grateful of any advice!
Cheers
May 10th 2011, 7:37 pm
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Re: A hello and a question re stepchildren!
Hi all
Will hopefully be using this forum regularly as we prepare to move over to Bahrain this year.
I have a question regarding family visas for Bahrain - are stepchildren covered? I have read "immediate family" which of course I consider my step daughter, but do the Bahraini's see it that way too?
If anyone has any experience/knowledge of this subject I'ld be grateful of any advice!
Cheers
Will hopefully be using this forum regularly as we prepare to move over to Bahrain this year.
I have a question regarding family visas for Bahrain - are stepchildren covered? I have read "immediate family" which of course I consider my step daughter, but do the Bahraini's see it that way too?
If anyone has any experience/knowledge of this subject I'ld be grateful of any advice!
Cheers
May 11th 2011, 4:12 am
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Re: A hello and a question re stepchildren!
Hi all
Will hopefully be using this forum regularly as we prepare to move over to Bahrain this year.
I have a question regarding family visas for Bahrain - are stepchildren covered? I have read "immediate family" which of course I consider my step daughter, but do the Bahraini's see it that way too?
If anyone has any experience/knowledge of this subject I'ld be grateful of any advice!
Cheers
Will hopefully be using this forum regularly as we prepare to move over to Bahrain this year.
I have a question regarding family visas for Bahrain - are stepchildren covered? I have read "immediate family" which of course I consider my step daughter, but do the Bahraini's see it that way too?
If anyone has any experience/knowledge of this subject I'ld be grateful of any advice!
Cheers
May 11th 2011, 7:20 am
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Re: A hello and a question re stepchildren!
Don't know about Bahrain, but can explain my experience here in Saudi.
I came over, then brought my wife and her daughter - my step daughter. before leaving the UK, I had to get a Letter of Consent from the father. THis was a letter stating that he had no objection, and gave all custody etc to my wife - the mother. This had to be all done in front of a Notary Public. Documents needed were passports for father, mother and child, along with child's birth certificate. I brought his paperwork with me to process the visa once I got to Saudi.
To cut a long story short, I then had to send the bundle of papers back to the UK. My wife then took them all to the Foreign Office for legalising, and then to Saudi Embassy for them to legalise also. The bundle was then sent back here, and visa was duly processed.
It *might* be the same for Bahrain, you'll have to look into that. I didn't find all this out until I got to Saudi.
So in summary:
- Bundle of papers - including copy of fathers passport, mothers passports, child passport, child Birth Certificate and letter of consent from father. All to be notarised in the UK.
THis bundle may then need to go to the Foreign Office for legalising.
From there, to the Bahraini Embassy for them to legalise it - and that should be more than enough.
Good Luck.
I came over, then brought my wife and her daughter - my step daughter. before leaving the UK, I had to get a Letter of Consent from the father. THis was a letter stating that he had no objection, and gave all custody etc to my wife - the mother. This had to be all done in front of a Notary Public. Documents needed were passports for father, mother and child, along with child's birth certificate. I brought his paperwork with me to process the visa once I got to Saudi.
To cut a long story short, I then had to send the bundle of papers back to the UK. My wife then took them all to the Foreign Office for legalising, and then to Saudi Embassy for them to legalise also. The bundle was then sent back here, and visa was duly processed.
It *might* be the same for Bahrain, you'll have to look into that. I didn't find all this out until I got to Saudi.
So in summary:
- Bundle of papers - including copy of fathers passport, mothers passports, child passport, child Birth Certificate and letter of consent from father. All to be notarised in the UK.
THis bundle may then need to go to the Foreign Office for legalising.
From there, to the Bahraini Embassy for them to legalise it - and that should be more than enough.
Good Luck.
