- Page Contents
- Overview
- Which Family Members Can Qualify?
- Eligibility Requirements
- Immigration Status Requirement
- Fast Track Visa Service
- How Can We Help?
- Our Fixed Fees
You can apply to switch into dependant visa from inside the UK if you are already in the UK and meet the relevant requirements for switching into dependant visa as set out in the Immigration Rules. An application for switching into dependant visa is made online from the Home Office UKVI website. If the applicant is applying as a dependent partner they must be aged 18 or over on the date of application. An application for switching into dependant visa is made in accordance with requirements as set out in the UK Immigration Rules. You can apply for switching into dependant visa through Priority or Super Priority Service for faster decision on your dependant visa application.
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Our specialist team of dependant visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis concerning your application for switching into skilled worker dependant visa. Our specialist team of dependant visa solicitors and prepare and submit your dependant visa application through Super Priority Service for a decision on your application within 24 hours. Ask a question to our dependant visa solicitors for free immigration advice online or book an appointment for a detailed immigration advice concerning your application for switching into dependant visa.
Which Family Members Can Qualify For Switching Into Dependant Visa?
The following family members of a student or work visa holder can qualify for switching into dependant visa:
- husband, wife or civil partner of the sponsor; or
- unmarried or same-sex partner of the sponsor; or
- child aged under 18 years old of the sponsor.
Your dependant children can be over 18 years old if they entered the UK on dependant visa whilst they were under 18 but have since turned over 18.
Requirements For Switching Into Dependant Visa
Most applicants applying for into dependant visa should meet the following requirements for successfully switching into dependant visa from inside the UK:
- Valid application: The applicant must submit a valid application for switching into dependant visa;
- Switching requirement: The applicant must meet the immigration status requirement to be eligible for switching into dependant visa;
- Relationship requirement: The applicant must meet the relationship requirement as per requirements of the Immigration Rules;
- Age requirement for partner: If the applicant is applying as a dependent partner they must be aged 18 or over on the date of application;
- Age and care requirement for child: If the applicant is applying as a dependent child they must be aged under 18 on the date of application unless they were last granted permission as the dependent child of their parent or parents. If the applicant is a child aged under 18 on the date of application, there must be suitable arrangements for the child’s care and accommodation in the UK, which must comply with relevant UK legislation and regulations;
- Suitability requirement: The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal;
- Financial requirement: The applicant must meet the financial requirement as per requirements of the Immigration Rules.
- Not be in breach of immigration laws: The applicant must not be:
- in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
- on immigration bail.
Immigration Status Requirement For Switching Into Dependant Visa
An applicant who is applying for switching into dependant visa from inside the UK must NOT have, or have last been granted, permission:
- as a Visitor; or
- as a Short-term student; or
- as a Parent of a Child Student; or
- as a Seasonal Worker; or
- as a Domestic Worker in a Private Household; or
- outside the Immigration Rules.
Fast Track Service For Switching Into Dependant Visa
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide fast track visa service to get you decision on your application faster under the Priority Service or Super Priority service. This way you will get decision on your application faster and will not to wait for a decision on your application for months (some time years).
Our fast track immigration solicitors can prepare your application faster and submit your application under the Priority Service or Super Priority Service to get you faster decision on your application.
As specialist immigration solicitors in London, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) and its commercial partners UKVCAS Sopra Steria to provide Priority Service or Super Priority Service for your application whereby decision on your application will be made by the Home Office UKVI faster. An application submitted through Priority Service is normally decided within 5 working days and an application submitted through Super Priority Service is normally decided within 24 hours (usually by end of next working day).
One-Off Service For Submission Of Your Application Through Super Priority Service
Our specialist team of fast-track immigration solicitors can provide a one-off service to submit your completed UK visa and immigration application through Priority / Super Priority Service so that you get a decision on your UK visa and immigration application faster. We will submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service on the basis of no submission no fee which means if we fail to submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service within 48 hours of fees being paid to us, we will issue the full refund of the fees paid to us, without any deductions.
We will act for you under a Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA), under which we will issue a full refund of the fees paid to us, without any deductions if we fail to submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service within 48 hours of payment being made to us.
If we successfully submit your application through Priority / Super Priority Service within 48 hours of payment being made to us, we will charge a fixed fee of £250 + VAT (£300 including VAT) on the basis of a conditional fee agreement (CFA) signed between you and us.
How Can We Help?
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis in relation to your application for switching into dependant visa from inside the UK. Our fixed fee for your dependant visa application will cover all the work of our immigration solicitors on your dependant visa application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your immigration application will entail the following:
- Advice on requirements: Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your immigration application to succeed.
- Advised on documents: Our immigration lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your immigration application;
- Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to make sure that all the documents you provide in support of your application are in accordance with the requirement of the immigration rules.
- Completing application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant application form your immigration application.
- Submitting application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our immigration lawyers will submit your online immigration application through priority or super priority service to get faster decision on your immigration application.
- Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your immigration application, our immigration lawyers will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.
- Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the immigration application to explain all the relevant legal requirements and how such requirements have been satisfied by the applicant with the documents being submitted with the application.
- Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our immigration lawyers will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of the immigration application.
- Follow up work: Our immigration lawyers will carry out all the follow up work until decision by the Home Office UKVI on the immigration application.
Our One-Off Services For Immigration Applications
Our immigration solicitors can also provide a wide range of one-off legal services for UK visa and immigration applications. Using our one-off services can help those who do not want to use our full service for the immigration application. You can use one of the following one-off legal services offered for UK visa and immigration 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 Dependant Visa Applications
Our fixed fees for dependant visa applications are as given in the fee table below:
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for dependant visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) | From £800 To £1,500 (no VAT) |
| Full service for switching into a dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
| Full service for the extension of dependant visa from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until a decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
| Full service for ILR as a dependant from inside the UK through Super Priority Service to cover our work until decision on your application | From £800 + VAT To £1,500 + VAT |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of casework involved. In addition to our fixed fee, the applicant also has to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the application.
