Originally Posted by
suley
I am intrested in what others think about my possible trip, my grand mothers unwell and dad wants us to go with him to visist her in a south asian country. I would have assumed it would come under commpasionate reasons or similar. What I am unsure about is how I would evidance this, pics of her in bed? They dont have a NHS there so not as straight forward with getting reports.
As things stand it is the same as for visiting someone ill in this country, and somewhat restricted. You can visit to give emergency care (to anyone), or give respite care to relieve other people from providing care to your grandmother. And you can visit if it is an end of life visit, or if they are in a hospital, hospice or a care home. I don't think there is leeway to just visit someone who is ill at home, and in terms of social distancing this is very much against the underlying intent. If you had Covid-19 yourself would you visit? And if you were asymptomatic / had a false negative test result, would that change things? In terms of paperwork, I guess a letter from her doctor would be ideal, but failing that an email from a family member with contact details would probably be OK.