Bernice returned to her native Jamaica for a holiday and was
shocked to see the conditions in which her three grandchildren
were living. They had been staying with different relatives, living
in overcrowded conditions and often maltreated, even beaten.
She determined to take responsibility for them and brought them
to Britain in 2002 on visitors' visas. It is very unusual for the
Home Office to agree to allow someone who has come in on a
visitor's visa to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain, and the
children's initial application was rejected.
However an appeal was made and we prepared the family for it.
We instructed an independent social worker to assess the
children's account of ill-treatment in Jamaica and how it had
affected their development, their degree of establishment in the
UK, the strength of their relationship with their grandmother and
that they had no one else who was interested in taking parental
responsibility for them. We prepared witness statements for each
of the children and their grandmother, relatives and family
friends, addressing the reasons why they needed to be allowed
to remain in the UK as a family. Eventually they won the right to
stay in the UK.
shocked to see the conditions in which her three grandchildren
were living. They had been staying with different relatives, living
in overcrowded conditions and often maltreated, even beaten.
She determined to take responsibility for them and brought them
to Britain in 2002 on visitors' visas. It is very unusual for the
Home Office to agree to allow someone who has come in on a
visitor's visa to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain, and the
children's initial application was rejected.
However an appeal was made and we prepared the family for it.
We instructed an independent social worker to assess the
children's account of ill-treatment in Jamaica and how it had
affected their development, their degree of establishment in the
UK, the strength of their relationship with their grandmother and
that they had no one else who was interested in taking parental
responsibility for them. We prepared witness statements for each
of the children and their grandmother, relatives and family
friends, addressing the reasons why they needed to be allowed
to remain in the UK as a family. Eventually they won the right to
stay in the UK.
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Immigration Aid Manchester
Independent legal advice & representation from the
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
Independent legal advice & representation from the
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit