EU Family permit to come to the UK to apply for settlement

[Veronica25]

Hi,

I know it is a long shot but wondering if anyone can provide advice:

My mother has been granted an EU family permit to come to the UK to join my brother who has settlement in the UK. She will apply for settlement when she gets here. She was able to do this as she is his dependent.

However my mother has 2 more dependents back home, is there any sort of visa they can apply for?

What is the relationship of the two dependents to your brother? And are the two dependents EU nationals? Your mother will not be able to be the sponsor for the two dependents since she is relying on your brother as the sponsor.

@shipmunk

What is the relationship of the two dependents to your brother? And are the two dependents EU nationals? Your mother will not be able to be the sponsor for the two dependents since she is relying on your brother as the sponsor.

Thanks a lot.

I emailed them and got the same answer, so you are right my mum can't not sponsor her daughter (my sister) and granddaughter (my niece).

My brother is the European national and I was hoping by him sponsoring my mother she will be able to sponsor my sister and niece as they are dependents on my mother and rely on her for accommodation back home. So the visa my mother got is not that useful if she can not bring my sister and niece later on.

Are there other visas they could apply for?

How old are the dependents?

Can you sponsor your sister and neice?

If he's sponsoring her, is he not saying he'll financially support her, so how can she then support 2 other people?

The dependents are adults and working back home, but they rely on my mother for accommodation so partially dependents. Dependents doesn't mean hat they don't do anything or don't earn any money but rely on someone else for Financial Support.

This is a new scheme and only came out because of Brexit and my brother having an European passport was able to sponsor my mum. I got a British passport and could sponsor my sister and niece to come to visit and study but not to come to settle in the UK and work.

@Veronica25 Unfortunately, neither you or your brother would be able to sponsor your sister or niece to settle in the UK via the EUSS as their relationship to you doesn't come within the definition of a close family member. The route to sponsor extended family members EEA Family Permit within which your sister and niece would come under has ended on the 30th Dec 2020. If your sister and niece happened to be EU nationals themselves and had spent even a single day in the UK sometime between June 2020 and 30th Dec 2020, they could apply to the EUSS in their own right without relying on a sponsor.

@Veronica25 just to add a caveat to the last sentence that the applications on their own will be treated as late applications and is subject to caseworker discretion with potential request for evidence to proof the reason for applying late comes within one of the allowed reasons detailed on the .gov.uk website

@Veronica25 Sorry for the drip feed. I recommend you try asking your question on this website to check if there are any alternative visas.
www.forum.ukcen.com/
This forum is very informative and manned by very experienced admins on multiple visa category enquiries. All the best!!

Have you tried speaking to an immigration lawyer?
If they're working the RLMT has been removed and it's a lot easier to get a work visa for many professions that wouldn't have qualified before. Worth trying

[quote shipmunk]@Veronica25 Sorry for the drip feed. I recommend you try asking your question on this website to check if there are any alternative visas.
www.forum.ukcen.com/
This forum is very informative and manned by very experienced admins on multiple visa category enquiries. All the best!![/quote]
Thank you very much Shipmunk, you are correct in all the advise you have provided.

My niece was in the UK during 2020, she came just before the pandemic and was studying English for a year; however she was not an EU national. She visited Spain and Portugal during that year though but I guess that doesn't count as EU national?

Sadly they could not have applied in 2020 because of the pandemic, their country (my home country) was in the red list until recently so they would have been unable to come anyway. With all the other things going on we didn't think of it. I can't believe we missed the chance.

I will look at the forum

@TractorAndHeadphones

Have you tried speaking to an immigration lawyer? If they're working the RLMT has been removed and it's a lot easier to get a work visa for many professions that wouldn't have qualified before. Worth trying

Thank you very much TractorAndHeadphones. I will look into this too.