Me too. Thanks.I really hope you can stop your brother's inconsiderate move. I'm wondering if your mother has a dual citizenship the US and the UK or a EU citizenship. Otherwise, I think it's going to take time for your brother to take your mother to the UK permanently. I don't know about the UK visas well, but I'm assuming it is similar to the US ones. Your brother needs to show his financial stability to the UK government he can support her fully. I don't know how he can prove it in unemployed status. If your brother takes her without getting a visa for her, that means she will be a tourist. I don't know if it's actually possible that a tourist, no visa holders can change their status to the permanent residents while staying in the UK. Even if possible, I don't think it's easy.
I really hope it will settle the best way for your mother. I wish all the best.
Mom does NOT have dual citizenship.
The last time he had to show his financial stability (for a visa) to the UK government was 2012. He had a lot of trouble finding an attorney to take his case, and ultimately did not hire representation. He blamed it on England having no honest attorneys, but my guess is all of them told him he needed to be employed and making a minimum amount of income to qualify for a visa. In the meantime, he asked Mom to lend him $11,000 (which, coincidentally, was the minimum annual income needed to prove financial stability). The catch to this loan was that Mom needed to send the money to his "employer" in Chicago, who would then send the money to England. Presumably, a W2 magically appeared and accompanied this money across The Atlantic Ocean. Mom never thought too much about this at the time, because she was trying to help a son in need. The next year, he got married to a UK citizen he met two months earlier, so his citizenship was no longer in doubt.
Thank you. That's where all of this was heading before son #1 decided to put himself in charge of Mom's affairs.