Where to start? sons USA girlfriend wants to move to UK to be with him.

gabriel1980

I got my wife into the UK by taking into account my parent's income and savings.

hannahp

scooby088 wrote: »

But the spirit of the comment was accurate and not against anyone with disabilities.

As for the legal problems maybe you should direct them to the immigration service I am sure the information you will need is all there.

I beg to differ ... comments regarding someone's abilities are not really the point of this thread and its unhelpful and phrases like 'You say' and 'you saying' are in poor 'spirit'

pol-zeath wrote: »

I agree with some of the other posters - You say your son can run a home and look after a baby which contradicts you saying he can't work as he has a disability.
Running a home and looking after children is hard work!

mgdavid wrote: »

in that case I'd suggest we aren't being given the complete picture... ergo you won't get complete replies.

I simply don't follow the logic!
If I gave you the 'complete picture' as you call it then we would be here for days!
There is no hidden agenda and your 'ergo' comment to my not seeing the 'contradiction' suggests heaven only knows what? but thankfully helpful people do reply.

Also (re one comment) I will be checking the government immigration website for further assistance but trust that the knowledgeable & helpful forumites on MSE can save me hours of trudging through complicated web pages :A

missbiggles1

hannahp wrote: »

I beg to differ ... comments regarding someone's abilities are not really the point of this thread and its unhelpful and phrases like 'You say' and 'you saying' are in poor 'spirit'



also re the following .... I simply don't follow the logic!



Also (re one comment) I will be checking the government immigration website for further assistance but trust that the knowledgeable & helpful forumites on MSE can save me hours of trudging through complicated web pages :A

Unless your son's disabilities are on the learning front, is there any reason why he (and of course his girlfriend) can't be doing this research for themselves if they're so keen to be together? (I don't mean asking on here, I mean the stuff you mention in your last paragraph.)

I'm sure you mean to be helpful but neither of them seem to be working at present so presumably have more time than you do and, one would expect, more motivation.

ETA
I only meant to bold your last paragraph for illustration - not sure what happened there.

barbarawright

You may want to seek specialist advice. It's actually illegal to give immigration advice if you aren't qualified to do so. Good luck

https://www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser/search-for-an-adviser

pebbles88

HappyMJ wrote: »

Nothing against your son but this government wants to reduce immigration and your son's girlfriend is an easy target.

I know someone going through this and the UK partner needs to earn £18,600 per year to earn enough to have their non-EU partner live with them in the UK. Having £62,500 of savings having been held for a minimum of 6 months would also qualify.

Visa's and solicitors will cost thousands so get them prepared to shell out for them. As they have no savings it's unlikely to go any further.

hello, in regards to the bit I have bolded, a colleague at work, her son married his Indonesian girlfriend last year in her country, he was working at the time, and she came to uk for a while but had to return to Indonesia for so lmuch no long to apply for the next stage of the visa. Unfortunately he was made redundant a couple of weeks after, so all the visa application ion stopped until he found work again, at a minimum of the wage listed above. Thankfully he has now, but has to be in that job for 6 months before they can continue with tha visa.

Im only saying what my colleague has told me.

brewthebear

I agree with missbiggles1 you seem to jump on anyone who says something you dont like If you want to help your son give him a load of saving and send him off to the USA will he get in NO!! so reverse that and the same appliers to her I suggest they both start saving else this is a non starter probably something you dont want to hear....

rachy182

I think some posters are trying to get accross that according to you your son will be able to look after a house and a child. Running a house and looking after a child are huge responsibilities that is a demanding job itself and you believe that your son has the skills to do this. What people find contradicary is that if your son can be trusted with a child 24/7 then he should be capable of holding down a job. it mightnotbe what you want to hear but i would be concerned for the safety of a child if your son was the main care giver. if your son got a job then it might make things simplier as he can support both of them.

Andypandyboy

Many people with High Functionig Autism are in employment. I would tend to agree that if you doubt his capabilities in the employment sphere, then why do you not have the same concerns re sole charge of a child?

hannahp

brewthebear wrote: »

I agree with missbiggles1 you seem to jump on anyone who says something you dont like If you want to help your son give him a load of saving and send him off to the USA will he get in NO!! so reverse that and the same appliers to her I suggest they both start saving else this is a non starter probably something you dont want to hear....

Just to clarify .. I haven't 'jumped on anyone who says something I don't like'
I have only defended issues regarding my son that relate to his disability (which I have tried to now elaborate on and clarify in my original post)
I and most mothers would naturally do this.

I have on the whole accepted lots of advice/replies on this thread that I don't necessarily like or agree with, but because they don't take the guise of judgemental or rude then I don't feel the need to jump them.

I'll not comment further, thanks for all helpful comments and my sincere apologies to anyone who feels I have been aggressive or inappropriate, it has only been my intention to gather some advice to help my son achieve his goals and point them in the right direction.

Mojisola

hannahp wrote: »

My son has asked for my help in researching how his USA girlfriend can move to the UK to be with him.

They have been online friends for many years & have had a few visits with each other for reasonable periods of time to see how they 'rub along' and it has all gone the way they want it too.

So the facts are she has no savings but is able to work (although not currently qualified in anything particular) she was training to be an Art therapist but a car accident put a temporary halt to that & we are not sure if her qualification (if she completes the course) would be recognised here!

He is unable to work as he has a disability that prevents him (& has no savings either) He would make a good house husband & father & be able to keep house while she worked though.

I don't think they have any chance. Do the research but also don't be too optimistic - it's most likely they won't succeed.