An unwell child needs to be brought back to UK ??

whitewing

I guess she won't be able to be in England anyone unless someone has been properly assessed to be her guardian. This presumably won't be a quick process, and neither should it be.

I would say that it is way too early to be deciding the future - not too early to be thinking about all possible options of course, but far too early to be trying to set it in stone.

whitewing

http://www.justgiving.com/

I haven't ever set one up but I am sure people will be able to help you.

peachyprice

fairenough786 wrote: »

like i mentioned earlier....I myself spoke to her relatives and they said she belongs in UK...she dont even eat indian food, just english, all her svhool friends and her home block frends and she visited india for 4-6 weeks ever 1 -2 years...thats all...so i am sure we all know her habbits and lifestyle better and her deceased dad and mum always said "ohh our daughter is so english"...ohh bless

But you can't just bring back an Indian citizen and adopt her. If all her family is in India she will no longer have ILR. It doesn't matter that she doesn't like Indian food, or that her friends are here, she is Indian, not British and is now the responsibility of her Indian family, they can't just farm her out to.

System

As I understand it if there are no parents or other relatives in the UK then ILR and ILE no longer apply to the child.

Voyager2002

whitewing wrote: »

http://www.justgiving.com/

I haven't ever set one up but I am sure people will be able to help you.

This is not a financial problem, and raising money with no clear plan to spend it would just muddle the issue.

The first step is making contact with the girl's living relatives and with Social Services (and CAFCASS) close to her former home, in order to make plans for her future. If adoption and return to the UK is what is in her best interests, then that is what will happen. Only once that has been decided would it make sense to start raising money.

PasturesNew

Looking at it from the other side, the Indian families that were left behind might have been really upset/sad since the couple moved to England .... and might be wishing to move heaven and Earth to "bring the child HOME" where she belongs, with her (Indian) family. It'd be better for the child to be among her own family, in India, than (even with the best intentions) to be adopted into a random family in England.

She needs to grow up with a sense of place and belonging, which she'd get after just a year back in India. And, the experience of living here first, then there, could be the making of her as an adult when she's free to make her own decisions in life.

Your efforts/time might be better used to set up a group to ensure all the family belongings are dealt with/shipped out to her with care ... and, maybe, to set up an Exchange Programme between her English school and the Indian school she'll go to.

Voyager2002

PasturesNew wrote: »

Looking at it from the other side, the Indian families that were left behind might have been really upset/sad since the couple moved to England .... and might be wishing to move heaven and Earth to "bring the child HOME" where she belongs, with her (Indian) family. It'd be better for the child to be among her own family, in India, than (even with the best intentions) to be adopted into a random family in England.

She needs to grow up with a sense of place and belonging, which she'd get after just a year back in India. And, the experience of living here first, then there, could be the making of her as an adult when she's free to make her own decisions in life.

Your efforts/time might be better used to set up a group to ensure all the family belongings are dealt with/shipped out to her with care ... and, maybe, to set up an Exchange Programme between her English school and the Indian school she'll go to.

Maybe, but until the OP makes contact with the Indian relatives we just don't know.

whitewing

Voyager2002 wrote: »

This is not a financial problem, and raising money with no clear plan to spend it would just muddle the issue.

The first step is making contact with the girl's living relatives and with Social Services (and CAFCASS) close to her former home, in order to make plans for her future. If adoption and return to the UK is what is in her best interests, then that is what will happen. Only once that has been decided would it make sense to start raising money.

I was thinking a contribution to the girl's medical care in India may be a good spending plan.

InsideInsurance

PompeyPete wrote: »

If they had dual nationality, which passport did they enter India with?

If it was their British Passport then fine, the UK should help.

But if they used their Indian Passport then their unfortunate accident isn't a UK problem, and that's often the case these days

What Travel Insurance did they have?

India doesnt recognise dual nationality and so by becoming British they have to lose their Indian nationality.

The OP already said they were Indian nationals with ILR in the UK and so on both counts of this you can judge they are not British nationals.

As has been said, step one is to identify the next of kin. You mentioned uncles and aunts so presumably they are her next of kin. If their wishes are with her to return to the UK but they are in india with no desire/ ability to emigrate here then you need to speak to Social Services about what, if anything, can be done.

Voyager2002

whitewing wrote: »

I was thinking a contribution to the girl's medical care in India may be a good spending plan.

Yes, maybe... Of course it is possible that the family were covered by travel insurance, or that she is now covered by any insurance held by her closest living relatives.