Relax the rules on Adult Dependent Relative visa to bring parents > 70 years old

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To relax the rules on Adult Dependent Relative visa to bring parents who are above 70 years old, for a British Citizen who can financially support them. So the son/daughter can support their parent physically and mentally at their older age.

By bring the elderly parents and reunite with family in UK, provide compassionate support they needed and in-person physical/emotion support, which a son/daughter living in UK (i.e. British citizen by naturalisation) cannot provided due to distance and rules around the Adult Dependent Relative visa, restricting it. The grandson/grand-daughter miss being with their grand-parents on a long term basis, which other children enjoy in UK, whom parent are born and brought up in UK.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you want to see changes to eligibility for the adult dependent relative (family visa), but it's not clear how you want eligibility for this visa to be changed.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

20 Jan 2023	Petition opened for signatures
24 Jan 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Jan 2023

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