UK Ancestry - parents joining me?

I have been living in Scotland on an Ancestry visa for nearly 5 years now and I am hoping my parents can join me for an extended period of time. Financially they would not be a drain on the system as ...

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scotlad
New Member

Joined: 12 Feb 2008
Posts: 2
Location: Edinburgh

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:22 pm

I have been living in Scotland on an Ancestry visa for nearly 5 years now and I am hoping my parents can join me for an extended period of time. Financially they would not be a drain on the system as my partner and I could support them and they are also able to work (jobs such as retail, etc.) The problem is that they are 64 and 63 years old. What do you think their chances might be of getting approved?

riverfox
Senior Member

Meow meow meow

Joined: 30 Dec 2007
Posts: 116
Location: Brighton

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:46 pm

Hello!

By an extended period of time I would assume you are talking about a period of over 6 months. You can enter the uk as a tourist for up to 6 months.

If they are planning on joining you for any longer and / or working they will need visas.

IF you have an ancestry visa concievably they would be able to apply for one as well. This of course is the easiest visa to obtain provided you can prove lineage. That is easiest beside the Working holiday maker which is not relavent in this case.

If for whatever reason this is not an option have a look at the UK visa's site and there's a section on family:

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagenam...=1018721067523#Q4

Hope this helps.
Cheers.