family visa and stepson

ossy
By ossy

I urgently need your help folks. I had been offered and accepted a teaching position with a school. I was coming with my family, wife and stepson on a family status. I have just been told that I cannot come wih my family as my stepsons birth certificate won't match my name. Immigration won't grant me family visa even though his name has been changed and his passport matches my name. The guys at the school are looking into it, but I am panicking big time. We have resigned from out jobs,sold the car and the house, we are desperate now.
I have been doing some research and came accross the step-parental responsibility agreement but I don't know if that would be enough to satisfy the Qatari requirements. It's stupid. I am married to my wife and the boy is her biological son. We are not child trafficking or anything like that!
Help please...

By Yorkshire Lass• 7 Dec 2008 14:36
Yorkshire Lass

hi, my circumstances are very similar. What was the conclusion for you, did you manage to get to Qatar?

thank you

By tatess• 24 Sep 2008 10:52
tatess

,he is unadopted yet and they have different surnames but there was no problem about it.

By MikaylasMom• 23 Sep 2008 21:46
MikaylasMom

My daughter is not my husband's biological child. Her surname is different from ours, but my ex-husband gave up all parental rights before we moved to Doha last year. (He was a terrible father and actually requested to give up his rights so he wouldn't have to pay child support) I don't know if my ex giving up his rights was the reason we had no problems, but we all made it here together and no one ever mentioned the differences in names.

By dhereck• 23 Sep 2008 20:43
dhereck

Folks, i want to bring my wife and un adopted stepson here in Qatar. Can i sponsor my step son even his birth certificate is not match on my name? can the child obtain a residence visa if i apply for "parental responsibility" agreement is it one of the Qatari requirements?please advise me..i look forward to hearing someone response with great interest..

By indorachel• 19 Aug 2008 10:25
indorachel

ossy my hubby work for one of Qatar Petroleum subsidary ...so they really following gov rule ...so I did my adoption in the USA...i know it seems not enough time ..but what can u said ....just like someone who happen with another person and have kids together for more than 10 yrs so they dont have the urge to be marred anymore ...bcoz they need to be in qatar ..they have to be married ...same thing...

By tatess• 19 Aug 2008 10:11
tatess

what do you mean by an un adopted stepson cannot be sponsor by the step dad?that is not true.

MY son has a family residence visa sponsored by my husband.

And we never had a hard time bringing him here.

By nethers• 19 Aug 2008 08:34
nethers

Please don't believe that because you work for a big company they will help,

If you are going to qork for one of the national oil or gas companies then I'm afraid you're going to have an uphill struggle, they won't help you obtain residency for an un-adopted step child.

I know from personal experience!!!

By jjh• 9 Jul 2008 22:11
jjh

There is always solution to your problem Bring all your supporting documents and they can sort it out for you. here in Qatar to sponsor your own kids or adopted kids is up to 21 years of age for the boys and I heard the girls until they get married.

By GodFather.• 9 Jul 2008 22:04
GodFather.

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By ossy• 9 Jul 2008 21:41
ossy

Hi Indorachel,

can i ask what company were you or your husband going to work for? Did you try any other options prior to adopting? The problem is adopting takes too long. My stepson is already 15 so it's not an ideal option anyway...

By indorachel• 9 Jul 2008 21:22
indorachel

I have the same problem ...so that's why we left behind a year because we processing the adoption paper for my odlest so to be adopted by my husband.....so that's our solution and now we all are here

By ossy• 9 Jul 2008 21:02
ossy

@ UKengQatar & tatess

The thing is that we already changed his surname so now it matches mine. The birth certificate is what seems to be a problem now... Very frustrating. We have done a step-parent parental agreement now and it's been sent to Court in London. This should be enough but we going solicitors on Friday to get an affidavit confirming that I'm the guardia and his biological father is ok with this.

Hope this gets it all sorted. I've read in other forums that other people has been able to get it done before so fingers crossed, we will be sucessful in the end.

Thanks to everyone for your help.

By tatess• 9 Jul 2008 17:07
tatess

when my American hubby sponsored my son.

By GodFather.• 8 Jul 2008 22:45
GodFather.

My real son surname does not match with my other kids..but shouldnt be a problem.

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By jjh• 8 Jul 2008 22:30
jjh

Thanks too! don't worry about me! I love helping people and give them positive views. :) if problem persist consult your doctor not me! joke! have a nice evening! ciao :)

By ossy• 8 Jul 2008 21:06
ossy

thank you for your kind words jjh!

I wish you all the luck and happiness too.

Take care

By jjh• 8 Jul 2008 21:00
jjh

oh! don't worry! everything is possible especially here in Doha! wish you all the luck and happiness, you are one of a kind to take care of your wife and her kids. God bless you! :)

By ossy• 8 Jul 2008 20:56
ossy

haha well, they are the ones who have said to me that it can't be done!! but hopefully with the steps we are going to follow it all could get sorted. Touch wood!! :-)

By jjh• 8 Jul 2008 20:53
jjh

Congrats! if you're working in one of the most company in Qatar they can for sure do this for you! ah errr! can I send you my CV? lol!

By ossy• 8 Jul 2008 20:42
ossy

well that is good news. If they can do it, we should be able to as well. I will be working for one of the most important companies in Qatar, so they should be able to do something about it, although at the moment it doesn't look very promising.

Thanks again jjh!

By jjh• 8 Jul 2008 20:39
jjh

I have just called my friend and her child is not adopted yet. because that is only her fiancee and her child is now enrolled at the school here sponsored by her fiancee. keep your finger crossed, if they can do it? I'm sure it's possible for you too! :)

By ossy• 8 Jul 2008 20:34
ossy

thanks jjh. THe thing is that I haven't adopted the child. That would take years in the UK and he is 15 already. What I am acquiring is "parental responsibility" which hopefully should be enough.

Thanks for your help.

By jjh• 8 Jul 2008 20:01
jjh

have all the necessary documents in your hand ready including the adoption papers, I'm sure you'll be okay! Qatar is not like in Saudi and yet they allow it in Saudi, to them if you adopt someone's children they considered you as a dedicated person for taking over others responsibility and they are quite respectful in that sense as they love childrens. good luck on your moving with your family!

By ossy• 8 Jul 2008 19:55
ossy

thanks to both for your answers.

My stepson has even got my name as we changed it by UK deed poll, so his passport is in my name. The problem seems to be with the birth certificate which obviously states his previous surname and his biological father. According to the HR guys the law must have changed in qatar lately and the same name in passport is now not enough to guarantee the family visa. We have spent all day ringing solicitors trying to get something sorted but I don't know if we will be successful. If they had only told us before! we are due to fly in 5 weeks and don't know whether this will get sorted....

By jjh• 8 Jul 2008 19:16
jjh

I have various friend who are married to American and British that had children from their previous marriage and they manage to bring their children here with them but they were adopted and under their husband's name. so if you're situation is the same you shouldn't have a problem bringing them with you.

By tatess• 8 Jul 2008 17:46
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tatess

my husband sponsored my son 2 years ago as family visa and there was no problem about it.stepson is considered son too.My sons name is different from my husband.

His company arranged the paperworks, and my husband applied at the immigration from family visit visa to familY visa(resident).prior to immigration ,there should be an approval from labor department first.he was asked the ff. requriements, marriage certificate,childs birth certificate and passport copy ,NOC(no objection) from the company,QID, salary certificate.

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