Entry Clearance As A Child Of A Person Who Has Partner Visa Or Parent Visa (Priority Service For Faster Decision)

• Page Contents
• Overview
• Eligibility Requirements
• Sole Responsibility
• Adequate Accommodation Requirement
• How Can We Help?
• Our Fixed Fees
• Other Related Services

You can apply for UK visa entry clearance to accompany or join a parent who has UK visa or is applying for UK visa under the parent visa category or partner visa category. If your entry clearance application is successful, you will be granted entry clearance which will be valid until the expiry date of your parent's visa. An application for UK visa as a child of a person with parent or partner visa is made under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.You will be able to apply for ILR in the UK as a child at the same time when your parent applies for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).

Our expert team of child visa solicitors in London specialise in child visa entry clearance applications. Our specialist child visa solicitors have successfully helped thousands of clients with the child visa entry clearance applications. Our best team of child visa solicitors can provide fast, friendly, reliable and fixed fee immigration services concerning your child visa entry clearance application. 

Ask a question online to our specialist team of child visa solicitors for free immigration advice online or book an appointment online for a detailed immigration advice and consultation with one of our child visa solicitors conerning your entry clearance application for Limited Leave to Enter as a child of a peson who has UK visas a partner or parent under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.

Eligibility Requirements

To qualify for entry clearance as a child under this route, you should meet the following requirements:

• Applicant outside the UK: The applicant must be outside the UK at the time of entry clearance application;
• Valid application: The applicant must make a valid entry clearance as per requirements of the Immigration Rules;
• Suitability requirements: The applicant must not fall for refusal under any of the grounds in Section S-EC: Suitability for entry clearance;
• Relationship requirements: The applicant must:
  • be related to the sponsor as child of the sponsor;
  • be under the age of 18;
  • not be married or in a civil partnership;
  • not have formed an independent family unit;
  • not be leading an independent life
  • One of the applicant’s parents must be in the UK with limited leave to enter or remain, or be being granted, or have been granted, entry clearance, as a partner or a parent under this Appendix (referred to in this section as the “applicant’s parent”), and
  • the applicant’s parent’s partner under Appendix FM is also a parent of the applicant; or
  • the applicant’s parent has had and continues to have sole responsibility for the child’s upbringing; or
  • there are serious and compelling family or other considerations which make exclusion of the child undesirable and suitable arrangements have been made for the child’s care;
• Financial requirement: If your parent has partner visa, you should meet the financial requirement of £22,400 (or above if there are other non-settled children) through the earnings of the UK sponsor unless exemption from meeting such requirement applies;
• Adequate maintenance requirement: If your parent has parent visa, you should meet the adequate maintenance requirement to maintain you and other family members of the household without recourse to public funds;
• Adequate accommodation requirement: There should be adequate accommodation for the applicant and the UK sponsors to be accommodated in the UK without recourse to public funds and without the property being overcrowded.
• Tuberculosis Test Certificate: A person applying for entry clearance as a child must, if paragraph A39 and Appendix T of these rules apply, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.

Sole Responsibility For Child Visa

Where one parent of the child is in the UK on partner or parent visa and the other parent of the child is outside the UK and is not applying at the same time as the child, the child has to prove that the UK parent has the sole responsibility for the child. The refusal rate in cases involving sole responsibility for the child is very high as the threshold of sole responsibility cannot be met easily. The UK courts have defined the sole responsibility as follows:

Sole responsibility" is a factual matter to be decided upon all the evidence. Where one parent is not involved in the child's upbringing because he (or she) had abandoned or abdicated responsibility, the issue may arise between the remaining parent and others who have day-to-day care of the child abroad. The test is whether the parent has continuing control and direction over the child's upbringing, including making all the important decisions in the child's life. However, where both parents are involved in a child's upbringing, it will be exceptional that one of them will have "sole responsibility.

Adequate Accommodation Requirement For Child Visa Entry Clearance UK

The applicant must provide specified evidence that there will be adequate accommodation, without recourse to public funds, for the family, including other family members who are not included in the application but who live in the same household, which the family own or occupy exclusively: accommodation will not be regarded as adequate if-

1. it is, or will be, overcrowded; or
2. it contravenes public health regulations.

How Can We Help?

Our specialist team of child visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis in relation to your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child. Our fixed fee for your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child will cover all the work of our child visa solicitors on your entry clearance application until a decision is made by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on your application. The casework to be carried out by our child visa solicitors in relation to your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child will entail the following:

• Advice on requirements: Our child visa solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child to succeed.
• Advice on documents: Our child visa solicitors will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child;
• Assessment of documents: Our child visa solicitors will assess your documents to make sure that all the documents you provide in support of your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child are in accordance with the requirements of the Immigration Rules.
• Completing application form: Our child visa solicitors will complete the relevant application form for your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child.
• Submitting application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our child visa solicitors will submit your online entry clearance application through priority or super priority service to get faster decision on your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child.
• Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your entry clearance application, our child visa solicitors will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
• Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist child visa solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the entry clearance application to explain all the relevant legal requirements have been satisfied for the approval of the entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child;
• Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our child visa solicitors will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of the entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child.
• Follow up work: Our child visa solicitors will carry out all the follow up work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on the entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child.

Our One-Off Services For Entry Clearance Applications

Our child visa solicitors can also provide a wide range of one-off legal services for UK visa entry clearance applications. Using our one-off services can help those who do not want to use our full service for the entry clearance application. You can use one of the following one-off legal services offered for UK visa entry clearance applications:

• One-Off Immigration Advice and Consultation
• Immigration Documents Checking Service
• Application Form Completion Services
• Submitting Application Through Priority and Super Priority Service
• Preparing Cover Letter For Immigration Application
• Uploading Supporting Documents Online

Our Fixed Fees For Entry Clearance Application For Limited Leave To Enter As A Child

• Our child visa solicitors will charge a fixed fee ranging from £1,200 to £2,500 (no VAT) for your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. The agreed fixed will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of work involved in the entry clearance application. You can get a fixed fee quote online for your entry clearance application for limited leave to enter as a child.
• Our fixed fee for the entry clearance application does not cover any disbursements e.g. UKVI fee for the application and the applicant has to separately pay the Home office UKVI fees for the entry clearance application.

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