Planner17 wrote:Hi everybody,
I am a British Citizen by naturalization and I have a daughter (16 years ) who is a Venezuelan national and lives in venezuela. I am planning to bring her to UK, what are the chances for her to get a residence permit , so she can go to college, otherwise she will be considered a foreign student and the fees in this case are impossible for me to pay. What should be done in Venezuelan British consulate?
Where was daughter born?
Are you a BC by descent or other than by descent?
It is late in the day to register daughter as British.
An older teenager would be expected to have lived in UK for at least 2 years.
The clock is ticking.
Ref guidance here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ations.pdf
If born abroad the registration of a minor is at the Home Secretary's discretion.
As pointed out unless you have sole custody or sole parental responsibility it is going to be problematic as your daughter currently has a complete self-contained life abroad.
Also mother lives abroad with no connection to UK, (not settled nor settling nor a BC).
Other possible reasons to register include for the minor to pursue a particular career, eg in the Forces, other government or police services or in some sporting activity etc;
- evidence of this is required.
(Adoption is another potential route to registration of a minor as BC but not sure if you can adopt your own daughter).
In education terms the potential student needs to be settled (eg with ILR) in UK on the day the course starts, and to have lived in UK for 3 years to establish residency.
This is in order to qualify as a
Home student.
All as per here:
http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/International- ... seas-fees/
Otherwise the route is as a regular student, on
Overseas fees basis & a Tier 4 visa.
As an aside, university education in Europe is as *high* quality as in UK and fees are much lower,
eg 100 - 2000 Euros per year for British/EU nationals.
If your daughter can become British eventually it's another option to consider.
For example research study in Holland:
http://www.study-in-holland.com/450,1,tuition_fees.html
