UK Elderly Dependent Relative Visa
This visa exists for individuals who are present and settled in the UK to bring their elderly dependent relative (parent or grandparent), in certain circumstances, to join them in the UK.
If you are a parent, grandparent, or another dependant relative of a British citizen or a person settled in the United Kingdom(known as your 'settled relative'), you can apply for permission to live permanently in the United Kingdom (known as indefinite leave to enter or remain). This is a UK dependent relative visa and allows you to come and live with your family indefinitely in the UK.
We have one of the best team to work on these complex visa applications, contact our team on 0207 237 3388 or e-mail us your query on info@icslegal.com. To get a free case assessment and whether you meet the published requirements, complete our contact form by clicking here.
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The main requirements of the visa
When applying for a UK dependent relative visa, you must be over 18 years of age and be a close relative (e.g. parent, grandparent, sibling or child) of the person sponsoring their application. The sponsor will be the family member in the UK and who can provide both personal and financial support to you.
There are strict eligibility criteria that must be satisfied in order to make a successful application under the UK dependent relative visa and as an applicant, you need long-term personal care for the day to day activities.
You also need to provide the correct medical evidence to support your UK dependent visa. The Home Office has a published list of documents you will need to provide in order to support the visa application. As part of the UK dependent visa, you will be required to submit a significant amount of documentary evidence to support your application. As an example of the specified evidence, you will provide medical evidence from your home country proving you suffer from the named medical conditions, and that creates the need for a family member to provide personal care to you.
In this application, the sponsor who will be usually based in the UK will provide evidence that they are settled in the UK. Those holding either refugee or under humanitarian protection can also bring their family members under the UK dependent visa.
Process
The processing times and requirements for the UK dependent visa usually takes around 12 weeks. There is no fast track process on these complex UK dependent relative visas.
Language and Awareness Requirements
For applicants applying for a UK dependent relative visa, there are no language requirements to complete.
UK dependent visa conditions
When your application for a UK dependent visa is granted, there is no time limit on your stay in the UK. You are not permitted to claim any public funds for the first 5 years and you will not have any restrictions on your stay in the UK.
The UK dependent visa, once held for 5 years, will allow you to apply for British nationality. A lot of the requirements have changed on becoming a British national and more details can be found on the following page, click to read more on British nationality.
Please note that once you have been granted ILR as a UK dependent relative, it is important to try to not spend 2 years or over outside of the UK, as this can lead to it being revoked. In order to avoid this, most migrants will be able to apply for British Citizenship after completing your 5 years residency in the UK.
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Related FAQ's
Our speciality lies in the field of Immigration, Nationality and EU Law, so it means we always are dealing with this side of the law. We are able to support you in making a correct decision, avoid delays on your case, save money and time, not forgetting the stress of any doubts with your application.
There are many routes available to come to the UK, extend or switch, some of them do not allow extension or even switching. Knowing what is right can be a difficult task and this is why we are here. Simple task of not using the prescribed forms can mean your application is invalid, which means if you have no valid stay, you would have to return back and there is no appeal rights.
Our initial consultations are a chargeable service. We initially discuss the requirements of the application to ensure you meet the requirements and have the documentation required at hand for the submission. It gives you an opportunity to meet us and ask questions.
Each case will be checked thoroughly, everything will be cross referenced so guidelines are met and we will also add our legal document which would outline the Immigration Rules and how the client has satisfied the rules. We use documents that are used by Home Office case workers, so we know exactly what they would look for in your case.
The most important fact is that law constantly changes, policy guidelines and requirements are always changing, so it is best that you always use specialised services to support you. We never compromise our services, our fees remain very competitive but our expertise is at the very highest standard.
We place our clients first, so when you sign the customer care letter and we go through your case file, and we believe that the case would not be successful, we will terminate the agreement and return your documents. We will also provide alternative solutions with no added costs. We also have a cancellation period should you feel you want to withdraw your file.
Please note that all cases cannot be guaranteed as circumstances depends and whether you met guidelines, however the Home Office caseworker can still refuse cases on the balance of probabilities and other factors. Our job would be to prepare your case in the best possible way.
1) You contact us through e-mail or phone.
2) We take some basic information, we ask some relevant questions to understand the type of query and what type of support is required.
3) Your case then gets passed to a case worker.
4) Case Worker would contact you to set up an initial meeting.
5) You attend a consultation, an action plan is drawn up and we find out whether ICS Legal can support your case. A report would be sent where there is a requirement to outline what was discussed and what to do next.
6) You authorise us to be your legal representative by signing our customer care letter.
7) We will then start to request documents and information about your case this will build up your case pack.
8) We will then write our legal report and use Home Office caseworker’s documents to ensure everything has been checked and all requirement have been met.
9) Where possible we will go through every aspect of your case before case submission.
10) We will continue to update you throughout the case life cycle .