As the song goes, “Love is all you need” is not entirely true. In this case, all you need is not just love but more importantly – visa – if you wish to spend a long time or permanently with your girlfriend and her children in the UK.
Here Are Some Visa Options For Your Thai Girlfriend’s Children
1. Visit Visa: Based on UK Border Agency, to come to the UK as a family visitor, one must be able to show intentions of visiting the following family members in the UK: Civil partner, spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or sister;
Grandfather, grandmother, grandson, or granddaughter;
Civil partner’s father, mother, brother, or sister;
Son or daughter’s spouse or civil partner;
stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister;
A person that has been living with the person who will visit in a genuine and subsisting relationship, like marriage or civil partnership, for at least 2 years before the day you apply.
Otherwise, the person who will be visiting can come to the UK as a general visitor. If your girlfriend is given permission or issued with visit visa then her child will be given also.
2. Settlement Visa: This process can be more complicated than normal. For example, if the child’s father is actively playing a huge part and active role in his or her upbringing, you will have a hard time chasing for possibilities. Hence, obtaining a settlement for your Thai girlfriend’s child depends entirely on who has had the obligation. However, you can still fight for it if you and your girlfriend decide to marry.
If you and your girlfriend have been living together for quite some time and plan to get married, she can be eligible to apply for settlement together with her child. You may decide to get engaged and marry in Thailand as long as you present the necessary documents to the marrying officer and the embassy.
Or, you can arrange a wedding in the UK and get your fiancée a visa for settlement. Either way, both of you needs to have records presented to your embassies and government offices to avoid legal problems and troubles.
So, think it over again and consider chances and varying possibilities so that you can have much wider options and decide what is best for the both of you. The process might take a while and you still have to prove that both of you are living together for years. Seek possibilities in every way, but always make sure that you do it legally. Otherwise, you might end up breaking your relationship later on.
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