residency for children

loopylou1 · Post by **loopylou1** » Sat 30 Aug 2014 10:09 am

Hi, I'm moving over later this year with my 13 year old son.
can anyone advise me if the residency rules are the same for children? Also am I likely to need a letter from my ex (his dad) confirming he's happy for his son to reside there with me?
Sandra x

tomsteel · Post by **tomsteel** » Sat 30 Aug 2014 10:57 am

Check with the TRNC Government office in London if you are UK based and the court awarding you custody, care and control. This forum is not the venue for strict legal rulings, here you will get best intentions, personal views, rumour or opinions. My advice on anything legally binding is to seek expert/qualified answers. Hope this helps.

Owl Lady · Post by **Owl Lady** » Sat 30 Aug 2014 2:49 pm

Did you get your ex's mother to speak to him and convince him that it is safe to live here?

Groucho · Post by **Groucho** » Sat 30 Aug 2014 4:12 pm

loopylou1 wrote:Hi, I'm moving over later this year with my 13 year old son.
can anyone advise me if the residency rules are the same for children? Also am I likely to need a letter from my ex (his dad) confirming he's happy for his son to reside there with me?
Sandra x

Notorized confirmation from your ex can't do any harm.. that way at least you can satisfy the authorities that the child has not been abducted. for it to be effective I would suggest that getting his signature witnessed would make it more compelling.

As someone who brought children aged 10 and 12 here I can confirm that your child will be treated merely as a foreign student (unless they are of Cypriot extraction). so you do not need to apply for residency for them or get stamps giving them 90 days as such... even though they will get one on first entry. They will have no additional status here - just foreign student.

Once they are 18 it all changes because they have no right of abode and are not normally allowed to work here.

I'm not sure that contacting the TRNC office in London would achieve anything very positive as over the years I've heard many tales of them giving out very odd advice often contrary to the local TRNC authorities views on such things.. but again, it can do no harm.

TRNCVaughan · Post by **TRNCVaughan** » Sun 31 Aug 2014 7:45 am

I believe, from experience with my own son, that as long as he is in full-time education, i.e. school, college or Uni, he does not have to go through immigration formalities.

loopylou1 · Post by **loopylou1** » Sun 31 Aug 2014 10:51 am

Hi, thanks everyone for your feedback, it's very helpful.

Owl lady - yes we've all spoken to him and the home office helped by suggesting that there is now a'severe' risk of terrorist attack in the UK!!!

Thanks again. Sandra x