Any Success in Including Non Dependents In Visa Application

**101126** · 08-03-2009, 05:09 PM

Has anyone been successful in including non dependent children in their visa application, because that is what we are trying to do?

When we first met with our emigration consultant last year, we knew that successfully including all our kids in our visa was a challenge and a half especially as we have 3 kids, 2 of whom had left school and were in full time employment and therefore technical not dependent on us, and as such had plans, B&C ready to deploy if needed.

So after successfully getting my skills assessed and obtaining state sponsorship with it, the visa application went in last August for a 176 state sponsored visa, including all my kids in the application along with ‘form 47A - Details of child or other dependant family member aged 18 years or over’ for my two eldest. CO appointed in January, Meds and police checks requested (for the whole family) in January and duly completed in February and sent back to the CO and so the waiting games commences again.

Of course we are pinning our hopes on, a good response from us on form 47A, that they requested medicals and police checks for all of us and that my second daughter is a hairdresser and so they might include her to obtain her skills as well but in truth are planning on a negative response with regard to their inclusion and expecting to put into place; plans B&C if they are needed.

To fill the void of the wait on a final answer I thought I would post to see whether anyone else has been successful in including non dependent children (my eldest two being 20+) in their visa’s and understanding from them what they felt made the application successful as from most things that I have read getting non dependent children included in visa’s does not happen unless they are in full time education or have medical reasons that make them dependent and neither apply to my two eldest.

**Gollywobbler** · 08-03-2009, 05:25 PM

Hi there

With respect. the only way to include a non-dependent child in your visa will be if your CO makes a mistake. The terms of the 176 visa do not say, "You and your whole family." They say, "You and family members who are dependent on you" and the test for that is financial, not emotional.

The practical thing to do at this stage is to consider your Plans B & C and ensure that there are no flaws in those. If you do not have to implement Plan B & C then great but if you do have to do so, make sure they will work properly.

If you want to tell us more about the situation then I will help you if I can.

Best wishes

Gill

**101126** · 08-03-2009, 05:35 PM

Thanks Gollywobbler

We are fully aware of that and so have plans B and C ready to go which include seperate visa apllication for our second daughter as a hairdresser and if she is successful then a sole remaining relative visa for our eldest daughter and if all that fails our second can apply for a young persons working holiday visa and our eldest will look at a study visa (as she has already had a young persons working holiday visa) and in truth i expect we will have to use one of the options above but have included them in our application in the very slim (very very slim) hope that they might get included as financially they are unlikely to be able to be self sufficient in the UK given rental and house prices.

**HOPKINSON'S** · 08-03-2009, 06:09 PM

HI
just filling in same form at moment 47A but u will get your answer before us so let us now how u get on cheers

Max

**101126** · 08-03-2009, 06:12 PM

Will do Max,

good luck with your application

**101126** · 03-04-2009, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by HOPKINSON'S

HI
just filling in same form at moment 47A but u will get your answer before us so let us now how u get on cheers

Max

Hi Max

Just to let you know, we got our visa grant letter last week and now consider ourselves to be incredibly lucky as all our children have been included. I visited Australia house yesterday to get the Visas inserted into our passports, all are now done. We can now all move as PR on our 176 visa.

I must say that I heard of numerous examples where children have not been included so I am incredibly surprised but pleased.

Good luck with your application. I truly hope it goes well for you.

PJ

**HOPKINSON'S** · 03-04-2009, 08:53 PM

Hi PJ, really pleased for you, hope everything goes well in the future. We have submitted visa lodgement and awaiting case officer. Feeling very apprehensive about our older daughters chance of acceptance. Our young five year old would be heartbroken her sister was not with us. Fingers crossed. All the best - Max and family.