I'm a Canadian national planning on going to Wales for 3rd/final year of uni this September. My uni has been trying to get me to apply for the Tier 4 student visa but I just realized I would be able to apply for the ancestry visa instead. I hope to work while in school but do not have anything lined up and more just planning on trying to find a job 'round town when I get there. I was thinking the ancestry route would be better since I want to work while going to school and the tier 4 wouldn't really allow that. Would this be a practical solution?
Additional questions. For proving my ancestry, I have the full birth certificates for my paternal grandmother (claim is based on), my father and myself. However, we are missing a couple things:
- 1st. My grandmother no longer has her marriage certificate from when she was first married to my granddad (to which my dad's last name comes from) however she does have her more recent marriage certificate when she remarried which has: her maiden name (would be on her birth certificate), her first name change (name she had when my dad was born and is on his birth certificate) and her current name (which is on her current British passport).
2nd problem: My father is not listed on my birth certificate (no father listed) and I have a different last name (I use my mother's last name as my mum and dad weren't married) however I can provide court custody documents from when I was young listing him as my father (well, guardian but it says "your child" a lot) . Do you think these will be good enough?
I know these are a lot (and probably annoying) questions but thanks in advance everyone!
