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- Overview
- Parental Order Application
- How Can We Help?
- Our Fixed Fees
- Other Related Services
A surrogate child who has acquired British nationality after the legal parents acquired the parental order for the child can apply for Right of Abode instead of British passport. An application for Right of Abode may take less time as compared to an application for British passport and therefore in some cases the legal parents of the surrogate child may opt to apply for Right of Abode for the child instead of applying for British passport.
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Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations for your surrogate child's application for Right of Abode. We can provide fast, friendly and reliable fixed fee legal representations in relation to your child's application for Right of Abode.
Ask a question online to our specialist team of child visa solicitors for free immigration advice online or book an appointment online for a detailed immigration advice and consultation with one of our child visa solicitors conerning your application for right of abode as a surrogate child.
Application For Parental Order After Child's Birth
Once your child is born, you will need to become the child’s legal parent. More information on how to do this can be found online Surrogacy: legal rights of parents and surrogates.
A Parental Order can only be made by the court in England and Wales after the child has reached the UK. Pursuant to 54 and 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, at least one of the intended parents (or the intended parent in the case of single applicants) must be domiciled in the UK or the Chanel islands or the Isle of Man, and the child must be living with the intended parent or parents in the UK at the time of the Parental Order application. Further, Parental Orders may only be granted where at least one parent has a genetic link to the child. There are various other conditions that need to be met.
The process is different if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland. More information is contained in the guidance: Surrogacy: legal rights of parents and surrogates.
How Can We Help?
Our specialist team of child visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis in relation to your application for right of abode as a surrogate child. Our fixed fee for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child will cover all the work of our child visa solicitors on your application until a decision is made by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on your application. The casework to be carried out by our child visa solicitors in relation to your application for right of abode as a surrogate child will entail the following:
- Advice on requirements: Our child visa solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child to succeed.
- Advice on documents: Our child visa solicitors will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your application for right of abode as a surrogate child;
- Assessment of documents: Our child visa solicitors will assess your documents to make sure that all the documents you provide in support of your application for right of abode as a surrogate child are in accordance with the requirements of the Immigration Rules.
- Completing application form: Our child visa solicitors will complete the relevant application form for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child.
- Submitting application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our child visa solicitors will submit your online entry clearance application through priority or super priority service to get faster decision on your application for right of abode as a surrogate child.
- Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your application for right of abode, our child visa solicitors will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
- Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist child visa solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the right of abode application to explain all the relevant legal requirements have been satisfied for the approval of the application for right of abode as a surrogate child;
- Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our child visa solicitors will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of the application for right of abode as a surrogate child.
- Follow up work: Our child visa solicitors will carry out all the follow up work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on the application for right of abode as a surrogate child.
Our One-Off Services For Entry Clearance Applications
Our child visa solicitors can also provide a wide range of one-off legal services for UK visa entry clearance applications. Using our one-off services can help those who do not want to use our full service for the entry clearance application. You can use one of the following one-off legal services offered for UK visa entry clearance applications:
- One-Off Immigration Advice and Consultation
- Immigration Documents Checking Service
- Application Form Completion Services
- Submitting Application Through Priority and Super Priority Service
- Preparing Cover Letter For Immigration Application
- Uploading Supporting Documents Online
Our Fixed Fees For Application For Right Of Abode As A Surrogate Child
- Our child visa solicitors will charge a fixed fee ranging from £1,000 to £2,000 (no VAT) for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child. The agreed fixed will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of work involved in the right of abode application. You can get a fixed fee quote online for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child.
- Our fixed fee for the right of abode application does not cover any disbursements e.g. UKVI fee for the application and the applicant has to separately pay the Home office UKVI fees for the right of abode application.