Can anyone sponsor Maria, who is a 26 year old Ukrainian

[amlh]

Hi everyone, a friend is looking for a sponsor for a 26 year old girl called Maria, who is a Ukrainian currently in Poland. In fact, Maria does not need a bedroom, as she will stay with my friend.

However, the form requires sponsors to say they have a spare room (and I understand that the council checks these rooms - though whether they actually have the resources to do so I do not know). We would like to be her sponsor but we can't as it is obvious that our house has no spare bedroom.

Is anyone able to be Maria's sponsor? It is not a normal sponsorship request because Maria would not actually need to live with you.

Maria is very friendly, very fun, she likes jokes and is very open. Her English is not great but she is always finding ways to express herself anyway. She likes running, reading books, visiting new museums and making fun plans.

It would be so good if we could help her.

Here is the Govt guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homes-for-ukraine-scheme-frequently-asked-questions

Thanks! Pm me if you can help or might know someone who can.

[CPR Dave]

You are asking people to commit an immigration fraud.

[womanofdulwich]

Am I the only one that feels uncomfortable about this? These are people, and who knows where they are going to end up?

[amlh]

hi - I agree it's so important to be careful. I set this out quite badly!

In this instance it's our 26 yr old cleaner who wants to bring her best friend over to live with her. Our cleaner doesn't have a spare room so a sponsor application from her would fail. Nor do we have a spare room.

So her friend Maria needs a formal sponsor to get here, but clearly she would rather live with her best friend than with a stranger family. Especially as she speaks no English. I don't know if that arrangement constitutes immigration fraud or not, but it feels reasonable to me.