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THE government’s family visa rules are so harsh that they “effectively ban” elderly parents in need of care from joining their loved ones in Britain, peers have found.
In a report published today, the House of Lords justice and home affairs committee says that “unjustified and needlessly restrictive” migration rules are forcing families to live apart.
It is “virtually impossible” for British citizens to bring an elderly parent in need of care to this country, the report says, with no-one being allowed to come to Britain under the adult dependent relative visa for the last two years.
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