Originally Posted by
strontium.dog74
Hi Guys,
I know this post is a little old but I need advice on this topic if anyone with experience is still reading.
I am working in the UAE (Abu Dhabi) as a Coastal and Civil Engineer with a residency visa. I have been here a year.
I have met a filipina and we will be getting married on 9th July. She has a child of 17months old in the Philippines who is being looked after by her sister, when we get married we would like to bring her daughter to live with us.
She currently works in the financial industry but she will be quitting her job once we get married and I will be sponsoring her as my spouse. Her daughter has no father listed on the birth certificate and the father was not filipino so there is no actual issues with custody etc but I know some people have mentioned needing an attested letter from the father that he has no objection on bringing her daughter here. As there is no father listed on the certificate there is a possibility that when we get married the National Statistics Office in the Philippines will change the certificate to reflect that I am the child's father. I don't know how this works but for now I am going to assume that this will not happen.
So does anyone have advice on the process for me to sponsor my future step child and whether the lack of a father on the birth certificate will cause us any issues etc.
Thanks for reading, if you want t PM me please do so.
Thanks
Hi, i am on the same exact situation as yours, just would like to know if you able to bring your wife's child without court order etc.? Please please if you do, kindly let me know how to do it. Thanks