trouble in Canada

aloise

My daughters marrage is in difficulties. She has no job at the moment and her husband has just lost his. There is nothing for her there, no family,except her children, no friends as they were all her husbands. She wants to come home and reside with her children in england. We will help with a deposit for a rented home and maybe some furniture. But we are pensioners on pension credit and haven't a lot to spare.She has been in Canada for 25 years,what will her position be as regards benifits for her and her children. She does intend to find a job as soon as possible.She is still a british citizen and her children have dual canadian/british citizenship

mumps

Has her husband agreed to the children moving to England?

monkeyspanner

Your daughter will need to pass a "habitually resident" test to qualify for benefits and free NHS treatment. I am not sure how difficult this might be given the length of time she has been in Canada, and her amily situation. She may also have problems with opening bank account etc.

You may find more information on the direct gov site.

scotsbob

Considering all the immigrants who have flooded in here and got housing, benefits, NHS etc etc. Surely to God your daughter should get the same.
Besides, I think Canada is one of our countries anyway so there shouldn't be a problem.

sagalout1954

Are you absolutely SURE she's not so unhappy she's just thinking "the grass is greener on the other side"? Might be better to help get her on her feet in Canada before she makes the decision to jack it all in and return to UK.

Somehow I don't think she's going to find it a bed of roses over here either - and to all intents and purposes she has Canadian kids, how do they feel?

zygurat789

Surely after 25 years she has some sort of a life over there. Just how old are these children? Just about the age when they will not want to be uprooted and dragged off somewhere new (8-18)ish

aloise

mumps wrote: »

Has her husband agreed to the children moving to England?

Yes he has said he doen't care, they are her kids so take them. They are his kids as well. he did work 6 weeks home and 6 weeks away.But he has left his job and has no money comng in at all now.

aloise

sagalout1954 wrote: »

Are you absolutely SURE she's not so unhappy she's just thinking "the grass is greener on the other side"? Might be better to help get her on her feet in Canada before she makes the decision to jack it all in and return to UK.

Somehow I don't think she's going to find it a bed of roses over here either - and to all intents and purposes she has Canadian kids, how do they feel?

Yes i think it's inevitable that they will be splitting up this time. It's about looking for women on the computer, thai women in fact. The 4th time sh ahs caught him doing this. He says it's because he's depressed. I have ofered to help financially as far as we can if she wants to stay in Canada.

aloise

zygurat789 wrote: »

Surely after 25 years she has some sort of a life over there. Just how old are these children? Just about the age when they will not want to be uprooted and dragged off somewhere new (8-18)ish

2 of her kids are in there 20s and staying in Canada, but won't stat with their father and the 2 younger ones 16 and 14 want to come to england. I know it won't be easy but she moved 2 years ago to a differant part of canada because he wanted to be near his family. His family has always disliked her, they don't like the english. They now want nothing to do with her or the children since she has thrown him out.
She acually worked in their buisness and was sacked straight away. She hasn't had any free time to make friends.

chesky369

It's not a good time to come to the UK, look for a home, work, etc. I very much doubt that she will have access to benefits, since she will undoubtedly fail the habitual residence test. You are looking to be taking on supporting her and her children if she comes here. Not even sure about her ability to be employed. Your best bet would be to go to a local law centre which specialises in immigration work, or your local citizens' advice. At least then you'll know what you and she are up against.

monkeyspanner

As her elder child is coming up to university age she will also need to look at the qualifying residence period to be classed as a home student. Citizenship does not automatically qualify him for home student fees (approx. £3290 vs. approx. £13000 per year). I believe it is 2 years prior to the September he would start his course but she would need to check.