- STOP PRESS -16/08/2010 - Same Day Service available for Tier 4 Student visa applications
- STOP PRESS - 29/06/2010 - Migrants marrying UK citizens must now learn English
- STOP PRESS - 29/06/2010 - Imminent reductions in the number of Tier 1 and Tier 2 visas announced today
- STOP PRESS - 07/04/2010 – Tier 4 changes for education providers and migrant students
- STOP PRESS - 07/04/2010 – New rules for skilled and highly skilled migrant workers
Partners & Family
Many people applying to come to the UK, whether to work or study, wish to bring their loved ones with them, and are able to apply for them do so as dependants when they make their own visa application.
But there are many other cases where people wish to come to or remain in the UK as the partners, children and/or elderly dependant relatives of people who are already in the UK or are coming here in a different category.
Partners
If you are in a relationship with a British Citizen or a person who is settled here you can apply to enter or remain in the UK with a view to settlement as their partner. If successful you will be granted permission to remain for a probationary period of 27 months - or two years if you are already in the UK - at which time you will be eligible for Indefinite Leave to Remain.
Children
If you are a permanent resident of the UK living with your partner you will normally be allowed to bring dependant children under the age of 18 into the UK to live with you as long as you can show that you have accommodation where you can all live without recourse to public funds.
In exceptional cases a single parent can bring their dependant children in to the UK.
Fiance
If you are engaged to be married to a British citizen or somone settled here in the UK, and intend to marry within six months, then you can apply for a Fiance visa to enter the UK. You must be 21 years of age or over and you and/or your fiance must be financially self sufficient. UK Fiance visas are issued for six months and you must marry in that time. Once the applicant has married they can then apply for a Spouse visa which is granted for an initial two year period.
Elderly dependant relatives
If you are a parent, grandparent or other dependant relative of a British Citizen or a person settled in the UK you can apply for permission to join them indefinitely. You or your partner should be over 65 and you must be able to show that you depend on your settled relative for money, that you have accommodation without needing public funds and have no other close relatives in your own country who can support you financially.
In exceptional circumstances relatives over the age of 18 or parents and grandparents under the age of 65 may be allowed to join the settled person here.
UK VISAS manages these applications on a regular basis and has a 100% success record with these to date, so you can be confident you will receive correct advice and have your application prepared properly by employing us to make your application for you.
Please contact us for further information.
