Miona

He is not drawing a pension yet as with my income he doesn’t need it. We do have some income from investments which I was going to put in the other income section because it is not income from employment.

Hello Again, I posted previously about adoption papers needed to apply for an Ancestry visa. Good news is all of that was sorted and I have now applied for my visa. Now I have another problem. I must admit I was a bit naive and thought my husband was included on my application as my dependant but when I finalised the application, I realised he wasn’t and he needs to apply separately. All well and good. Then the fun started. What visa does he need? There was no clear information on the UK Government website and links went around in a circle so I paid £1.xx per minute to talk to someone in the UK who advised he needs a “Non POints Based Working visa depandant more than 6 months”. We started filling it out online and there were many questions about income, employment, savings etc. My husband is 65 and not working. I am the breadwinner and in my application I stated my husband was coming with me and provided evidence with the bank statements etc that we would have enough money for us both to live in the UK together with me providing for us. I then paid another £6 or so to send an email to the UK asking this question but I haven’t got a reply. The catch 22 is to follow up I have to call the UK and pay for the £1.xx service fee again! Does anyone know if we can put down his income as zero and make a comment at the end that I support him? Would I supply the bank statements and other things I provided with my application? I have to say I am getting quite stressed out by this because I’ve applied now and if his visa doesn’t come through at a similar time to me we may have to travel separately. Or if we apply incorrect it will be rejected and we will have to pay another £516 application fee. I have even thought I might have to pay a lawyer or someone to help with his application although up to now I have always filled in all our visa and other applications myself without any problems. I don’t believe it should be complicated, I just need someone to give me a bit of advice please. PS My husband would work in the UK if someone would employ him at his advanced age!

Thanks for your post. I haven’t applied yet because we are t planning on going till October. How did it go for you?

Thanks for your help with this. I did contact BDM in NSW and there is a certificate they can issue to confirm your adoption. I hope this information helps others in the same situation. In a very strange twist, I was cleaning out a draw yesterday and found my original adoption papers in amongst some other things of my mother’s!

Hello, I have lived in the UK twice previously on what was then called UK Grandparent visa or similar. I am looking to go back again next year using the UK Ancestry Visa. I was adopted as a baby and when I got the visa previously don’t remember having to provide proof of my adoption. This time the application states you need to provide legal adoption papers which I have no problem providing if I knew what they are! Here in NSW when you are adopted your birth certificate is changed when adopted. I know my parents did have adoption papers for me but they have long since vanished and in my 50+ years I have never been asked to provide them before. Could someone please tell what I need and where I can get them? I was born in NSW.