Any ideas/suggestions?
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Any ideas/suggestions?
I am an American who is marring a Britain. We have figured everything out we need to do so she can move here but have run into a small issue. Actually it’s a pretty big issue but trying to come up with a solution. She has kids with an ex who is refusing to agree to let them move to the US unless he is allowed to come too. I have done all the research I can and I think he may be able to apply for a visa after she and the kids have moved here. I am not sure if there is any precedence for this. Does anyone know?
If he refuses we know we can go for a Leave to Remove order and have a pretty good chance of being granted it. Of course, this will end up costing us £25,000 which we would really prefer to avoid.
If he refuses we know we can go for a Leave to Remove order and have a pretty good chance of being granted it. Of course, this will end up costing us £25,000 which we would really prefer to avoid.
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Re: Any ideas/suggestions?
A parent cannot be sponsored by their child until the child turns 21. There is no other visa based on a familial relationship for this person.
Time to spend the 25k I'm afraid.
Time to spend the 25k I'm afraid.
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Re: Any ideas/suggestions?
I am an American who is marring a Britain. We have figured everything out we need to do so she can move here but have run into a small issue. Actually it’s a pretty big issue but trying to come up with a solution. She has kids with an ex who is refusing to agree to let them move to the US unless he is allowed to come too. I have done all the research I can and I think he may be able to apply for a visa after she and the kids have moved here. I am not sure if there is any precedence for this. Does anyone know?
If he refuses we know we can go for a Leave to Remove order and have a pretty good chance of being granted it. Of course, this will end up costing us £25,000 which we would really prefer to avoid.
If he refuses we know we can go for a Leave to Remove order and have a pretty good chance of being granted it. Of course, this will end up costing us £25,000 which we would really prefer to avoid.
Or if one of the kids becomes a US citizen, they can petition for their father to immigrate after they turn 21 years old.
You say you've done all the research and you think he might be able to apply for a visa after she and the kids move here...which visa were you thinking of?
If he's refusing, my guess is that it will have to go through a court order, no matter how much it costs.
Rene
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Re: Any ideas/suggestions?
Her ex-husband can't move to the USA based on any family relationship to her, no. If he qualifies for some kind of visa in his own right (marriage to a USC, employment, or investment), then yes.
Or if one of the kids becomes a US citizen, they can petition for their father to immigrate after they turn 21 years old.
You say you've done all the research and you think he might be able to apply for a visa after she and the kids move here...which visa were you thinking of?
If he's refusing, my guess is that it will have to go through a court order, no matter how much it costs.
Rene
Or if one of the kids becomes a US citizen, they can petition for their father to immigrate after they turn 21 years old.
You say you've done all the research and you think he might be able to apply for a visa after she and the kids move here...which visa were you thinking of?
If he's refusing, my guess is that it will have to go through a court order, no matter how much it costs.
Rene
After digging through tons of immigration information I thought maybe he could apply for a visa based on family. The kids will not be 21 for many years so I knew they could not sponsor him. My fiancee and I are more than willing to sponsor him but I do not think we legally can. Sadly the more I research the more I think we may not have a choice but to do the LTR. It does seem kind of funny that they would put in laws to prevent parents from taking kids from one country to another, then allow a way around it (the LTR) yet there is nothing in place to allow the left behind parent a way to also join the kids. Typical politics.
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Perhaps because the US does not wish to allow the fathers of children who now have no relationship to the mother to become 'hangers-on' as far as visas are concerned. If all parents in this manner were allowed visas that would potentially add thousands of immigrants per year.
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Re: Any ideas/suggestions?
If he refuses we know we can go for a Leave to Remove order and have a pretty good chance of being granted it.
Ian