Hi All
new to this forum posting so please bear with me.
I like in UK with my daughter. My ex partner has moved to Canada - he is a resident now and he moved there in August 2017. He obtained the right to live there i think through the Federal Skilled Trades Programme. He is also very wealthy.
My daughter went to see him for a two week holiday. She has aspergers syndrome, is 21 and has only ever been to special schools/colleges. She has a history of self harm and has required mental health services in the UK. She also takes medication.
She has never been in paid employment due to her needing support and since leaving college last year has done supported voluntary work. She obtains the highest level of disability benefits.
She is telling me she isn't coming home. Her father has told her she can stay for a year as a visitor while he pursues a family sponsor visa for her to live there. I actually knew her intention was to try and move there one day but am rather taken aback by the way it is being done. As you can imagine i have some concerns.
I dont want her to think a visa is an automatic right as her dad lives in canada else she may well end up very hurt and disappointed.
I have done some research and it seems she needs a medical - is that right?
I know that people cannot tell me whether she will obtain a visa or not. My worry is that he will arrange for the medical to take place in canada while she is there as a visitor - the issue is the examining medic will not know of her issues. I feel it important if she goes she has access to a good level of mental health support.
I have raised this with him. He says she doesnt need it.
I have asked what she will do there. He says he will pay her an allowance and she can attend a college and eventually get work. She cannot do these things as a 'visitor' can she?
I also understand the family sponsor method takes some 10 months. My view is she should come home for that time until her visa is a dead cert, in the meantime she can go back for another holiday. I dont want her staying for a year as a visitor expecting that to be made permanent via the family sponsor scheme when - it may not be.
Any thoughts on this would be gratefully received. Thank you
new to this forum posting so please bear with me.
I like in UK with my daughter. My ex partner has moved to Canada - he is a resident now and he moved there in August 2017. He obtained the right to live there i think through the Federal Skilled Trades Programme. He is also very wealthy.
My daughter went to see him for a two week holiday. She has aspergers syndrome, is 21 and has only ever been to special schools/colleges. She has a history of self harm and has required mental health services in the UK. She also takes medication.
She has never been in paid employment due to her needing support and since leaving college last year has done supported voluntary work. She obtains the highest level of disability benefits.
She is telling me she isn't coming home. Her father has told her she can stay for a year as a visitor while he pursues a family sponsor visa for her to live there. I actually knew her intention was to try and move there one day but am rather taken aback by the way it is being done. As you can imagine i have some concerns.
I dont want her to think a visa is an automatic right as her dad lives in canada else she may well end up very hurt and disappointed.
I have done some research and it seems she needs a medical - is that right?
I know that people cannot tell me whether she will obtain a visa or not. My worry is that he will arrange for the medical to take place in canada while she is there as a visitor - the issue is the examining medic will not know of her issues. I feel it important if she goes she has access to a good level of mental health support.
I have raised this with him. He says she doesnt need it.
I have asked what she will do there. He says he will pay her an allowance and she can attend a college and eventually get work. She cannot do these things as a 'visitor' can she?
I also understand the family sponsor method takes some 10 months. My view is she should come home for that time until her visa is a dead cert, in the meantime she can go back for another holiday. I dont want her staying for a year as a visitor expecting that to be made permanent via the family sponsor scheme when - it may not be.
Any thoughts on this would be gratefully received. Thank you
