gruhaudyog@yahoo.com wrote:
> I was able to include her on a 136 independent visa. Basically, I
> provided documentary evidence of her 100% financial dependence on me
> and also the fact that she has been living with me for over 10 years.
>
Hi again
Thank you so much for your prompt reply.
Trying to help my friend to piece this together, I think (but am not
sure) that her own mother is under 60, also there are two sons left in
the UK (albeit estranged from their mother, who lives with my chum) and
apparently DIMA's attitude is that her mother could claim loads of
State Benefits in the UK, enabling her to manage alone financially. I
don't know how for long the mother has lived with her daughter.
My own mother has applied for a Contibutory Parent visa. We haven't
got the visa yet, but we got a CO two days ago, which is a definite
start! I looked into the Aged Dependant Relative visa on Mum's behalf
about a year ago. Financially, she isn't dependant on my Australian
sister, or on me. However, Mum is 85 and she broke her back in an
accident 10 years ago. That caused permanent spinal chord damage, so
she now needs a zimmer-frame to walk indoors and a wheelchair for
anything more than just pottering around at home. However, although
her mobility is impaired, she is pretty healthy in all other respects.
The stuff about the ADR visa on the DIMA web-site says that if the Aged
Dependant Relative is disabled and therefore unable to get a job, this
fact can also permit an ADR visa. I felt that being 85 is rather more
of the reason why Mum wouldn't be able to get a job! She has been
splitting her time between my sister and I ever since Dad died, but
that has more to do with loneliness on her own ,more than any other
reason, really. Also this business of being unable to get a job
suggested to me that maybe the criterion is that one is financially
dependant because one is disabled and therefore cannot get a job. If
so, that wouldn't work for Mum because investigation of her finances
would reveal that she is independent financially.
In the end, I decided just to bite the bullet and go for the
Contributory Parent visa instead, because she and we definitely can
meet all the criteria for that, and Mum just didn't need a load of
hassle and uncertainty that might have taken years, have needed an
appeal to the MRT and so forth.
However, it has been really bad for our own family, worrying ourselves
stupid about whether Mum would be OK on her meds etc, so I can
well-imagine that it was equally nail-biting for you as well. Your
must be IMMENSELY relieved tonight - as I will be once my Mum's visa
comes through. Well done for battling through it and getting what is
right for your own family in the end. I take my hat off to you. I
really do!!
Cheers
Gill
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