BRING WIDOWED PARENT FROM SRI LANKA - URGENT HELP PLEASE

[saj2208]

My mother in law is in sri lanka, she has no income apart from the income we send her via bank transfer in the region of £220 or more per month. Me and my wife are both british citizens. My mother in law is widowed and all her children are in the UK. I want help as in with the following:

1. which visa can we apply under for settlement for my mother in law
2. is it better to show me or my wife as the sponsor
3. what documents do I need to show
4. how much maintenance do we need to show and for how long
5. we own a house jointly so can show mortgage statement and have 5 bedrooms so plenty of room
6. we can show money being sent for last 5 months or so transferring direct to my mother in laws account in sri lanka and she can give a sri lankan bank statement showing money coming in to her account
7. i am self employed and my wife is self employed and employed
8. how much income do we have to show for us here in uk and what documents do we need especially for self employed

thanks

[CR001]

Do you want to apply for a settlement visa for your Mother in Law to live here permanently????

Virtually impossible to get and only 1 or 2 successful applications since the rules changed in July 2012!!

[Casa]

CR001 is correct. Unless you can prove your mother-in-law meets the following mandatory conditions the application will be refused:

You need long-term personal care to perform every day tasks, such as washing and cooking.
The care you need is not available in the country where you are living, either because it is not available and there is no person in the country where you are living who can reasonably provide it or it is not affordable.

[saj2208]

ok, is there any other visa i can get her on a long term basis!

[Casa]

Unfortunately not. Visitor visas as you probably know, don't allow long term stay in the UK. Also bear in mind that if you apply for a elderly dependent visa and it is refused, this will have an adverse affect on any future visitor visa applications.