UK Family Visas

Under the spouse/partner visa, if you’re eligible, you can join your partner in the UK and live, work, and study here. You will need to be in a civil partnership or married to your UK-based partner or have been living with them in a relationship for at least two years.

You will also need to demonstrate that, together, you earn a minimum of £29,000 per year and be able to speak English to Level A1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages scale.

On this marriage visa, you can stay in the UK for up to two years and nine months, which can then be extended for an additional two years and six months. You may then be eligible to apply for indefinite leave to remain.

Under the child-dependent visa, children are allowed to join their parent/parents in the UK. Children may not need to have a family visa if at least one parent is in the UK on indefinite leave to remain, instead potentially applying immediately to stay in the country indefinitely.

If the child is under 18 and was born in the UK, they can be included on their parent’s next visa application as a dependent family member. They are also able to apply separately. If born in the UK and over 18, the child can be added to their parent’s application as long as they are still dependent.

If born outside the UK, children must prove that they are dependent on their UK-based parent and not married or in a civil partnership.

Parents are able to join and care for their child under the parent visa, allowing them to live, work, and study here. To apply for this visa, the child must be under 18 or have been under 18 when their parent was first granted leave and still be dependent upon them.

The child must be resident in the UK and have settled here, be a British or Irish national, have pre-settled status under the EU settlement scheme, or have lived in the UK for seven continuous years. Applicants must also have sole or shared responsibility for their child.

You are able to come to the UK under the adult dependent relative visa to receive long-term care from a family member who lives in the UK permanently.

Applicants will need to be over 18 and require long-term care in line with age, disability, or illness. The level of care required must not be available or affordable in their home country and the relative in question will need to be able to support and accommodate them without having to use public funds for at least five years.

If successful in their application, these visa holders can stay in the UK for an unlimited period.