Room size a problem for bringing family over?

I think the reality is they will not be coming much to my wife’s dismay, but glad we found out early on before making any concrete plans.
She has worked hard over the years after her husband died when the kids were young.
She left her kids with family to work in Singapore, to give her kids an education.
I’m proud she succeeded . Her eldest son has graduated Uni in IT and her daughter has finished high school and will be taking up teacher training.
We will get them over on a tourist visa at some point I’m sure

The annoying thing is there would be guaranteed work for them here through my wife’s employer, but as cleaning and hotel work is not a skilled job they will be out of luck

I think that's the reality of the situation,maybe suggest the daughter studies nursing as a long-term solution of getting out of the PI and over to UK?

She has worked hard over the years after her husband died when the kids were young.
She left her kids with family to work in Singapore, to give her kids an education

and unfortunately that just the sort of thing UKVI will refuse for--as proof the kids didnt have mum around to provide what THEY consider to be sole resposibility. i know--we have been refused a visa for my wifes 13 y o son.

We will get them over on a tourist visa at some point I’m sure

and thats exactly what we plan to do--after all a visit visa has a 6 month life and is multi entry. just got to prove the applicant has strong ties to home and reason to return.
plus my wife goes home each year for 3 weeks.

Sorry to read that,i am sure its very hard on your wife,i saw my nephews girlfriend wiping tears away at heathrow last Friday when she saw her daughter for the first time in a year,never good to tear families apart,the rulebook should have clauses for certain cases.

I thought her ex was still around and part of the reason for refusal

True and both parents have rights!

yes--part of the reason. they also hit on that my wife had previously lived in the uk as a student for 4 years--leaving the kids back home.

the problem is trying to guess what UKVI are looking for--reasons to refuse not reasons to allow. in other words provide answers to questions that you dont know.

Screwed up system but what can you do

So many grey areas and umpteen reasons for refusal.
Feel sorry for your situation bigmac

My wife worked away from home 2008 to 2010 and joined me here 2015 applied for daughter 2017 and was successful.
I think it's the way an application is constructed in particular the additional information and making sure all affidavits are in place.

partly my fault--i naively thought a child visa application was pretty much a formality. the refusal was over a year ago. we will apply again--still got 5 years before the kid is 18.

our problem is the father is still around; although he doesnt provide support for the boy. as far as UKVI are concerned--if a childs "remaining" ( their word ) parent is on the birth certificate and is still alive...then he/she has shared responsibility. and i can see their point.

ive read the UKVI's published guidance notes--intended for their case workers--and it clearly states this, but --also--if the remaining parent has mental incapacity--then the application can be allowed. this will be in our favour.

i know none of this helps your case, as your step-kids are over 18. incidentally--you as step-dad could have been the sponsor. i was; my wife still has 2 years to go before ILR. her kid applied when she had been in the UK with me for 18 months.

@Mattecube --did you send me the link to those UKVI guidance notes last year ?

Have a look here also
https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/student-visas

Had a sleep since then but I think I did

found it

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-set07/children-set07

If only we’d known sooner☹️ Would have been too late for her eldest son anyway .
Hope you get your side sorted bigmac

we ran out of time for her daughter--now 22. but delays in my wife getting an annulment meant her daughter turned 18 before my wife could apply for a fiancee visa.

in some ways--i think her son is better off where he is--for now. i think the ideal age will be after he turns 16.

In many ways I think they are fortunate over there just depends what floats there boat.
So much freedom they have and less commitments.
Her middle son wasn’t interested in coming. He’s quite happily raising his chickens and puttering about on the land
Wife thinks he’s similar mentality to myself