I am writing on behalf of a friend who is currently in the UK. The question is what visa can he apply for?

He is a UK passport holder with an expired EG Visa. He has been coming and going from Cambodia for years. His visa expired in January 2020 and he kept extending it on a monthly basis until when he left in August 2020. There were no overstay issues.

He has a daughter, 6 years old, b] and she is with him in the UK[/b] since August 2020. It was her first trip abroad with him alone. She was born in Cambodia. Her mother is Cambodian and her birth certificate names my friend as the father. She has a UK passport only and has a K Type visa in it, which expires August 2021.

Can he apply for an E-Type visa or are there alternatives on compassionate grounds that could be issued so he can bring his daughter back home and stay here to look after her?

One for you @PSD-Kiwi I think...

PSD-Kiwi wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:33 am His best bet is to contact Bong Khun directly to ask, they have been pretty strict on the supporting documentation criteria.

Yeah, I have given him the number already.

I was trying to get some idea of options in this scenario. His main concern is getting an unusual class of visa that it unrenewable after arrival and then be unable to obtain a new different class of visa while in country.

Maybe they will give him an E class one and he will be ok.