You can apply for a UK visa as a parent of a child to care for your child if you are the parent of a British or qualifying child and you are not the partner of the other parent of the child. Your child must be living in the UK. The Home Office UKVI grants a parent of a child visa to a qualifying child's parent to care for the child in the UK. An application for a parent of a British or qualifying child visa can be made under the 5-year or 10-year route. The parent of a Child visa route is intended for a parent who has responsibility for or access to their child following the breakdown of their relationship with the child’s other parent. The route is also for an applicant who:
- has the sole parental responsibility for the upbringing of his/her British or qualifying child; or
- do not live with the qualifying child (who lives with a British or settled parent or carer), but they have direct access to the child (in-person contact), as agreed with the parent or carer with whom the child normally lives, or as ordered by a family court in the UK; or
- (for a leave to remain application from inside the UK) is the parent with whom the child normally lives, rather than the child’s other parent who is British or settled.
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- Various Applications as a Parent of a British Child
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- Our Team of Family Visa Solicitors
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- Frequently Asked Questions
What Are Various Applications for Visa as a Parent of a British Child?
Following are the various UK visa applications as a parent of a British child, which can be submitted by a person under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules:
- Entry Clearance for Parent of a British Visa UK
- Switching to a Parent of a British Child Visa
- Extension of Parent of a British Child Visa
- ILR as a Parent of a British Child
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About UK Visa as a Parent of a British Child
Following are the various frequently asked questions (FAQs) about UK visas as a parent of a British child UK:
For your child to be considered as a qualifying child, the following requirements should be met in relation to the child:
- Child's age: The child must be under the age of 18 at the time of initial application for leave to remain as a parent of a child or if applying for extension or ILR, the child have been under 18 when you were first granted leave and not live an independent life;
- Residence in the UK: The child must be living in the UK;
- Nationality/Visa/Residence status of the child: The child must be either:
- British Citizen; or
- have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or Settled Status in the UK; or
- from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and has pre-settled status - he/she must have started living in the UK before 1 January 2021;
- child must have lived in the UK for 7 years continuously and it would be unreasonable to require the child to leave the UK.
To apply for a parent of a British child visa, you must have either sole or shared parental responsibility for your child.
If you share parental responsibility, the child’s other parent must not be your partner. The child's other parent must also either:
- be a British or Irish citizen
- have settled in the UK - for example, they have indefinite leave to remain, settled status or proof of permanent residence
- be from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and have pre-settled status - they must have started living in the UK before 1 January 2021
If the child lives with their other parent or carer, you must have access to the child in person, as agreed with the other parent or carer or by a court order.
Furthermore, you must be able to prove that you’re taking an active role in your child’s upbringing and you plan to continue after you apply.
As specialist family visa solicitors, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) and its commercial partners UKVCAS Sopra Steria to provide Priority and Super Priority Service for parent of a child visa UK applications whereby a decision on your parent of a child visa application will be made faster by the Home Office UKVI. A parent of a child visa application submitted using Super Priority Service is normally decided by the Home Office UKVI within 24 hours.
Our best team of family visa solicitors can prepare and submit your parent of a child visa application to the Home Office UKVI and help you with a faster decision on your application through Priority and Super Priority Service. This way, you will not have to wait for the decision on your parent of a child visa application for months (sometimes years).
You must be able to prove that you’re taking an active role in your child’s upbringing and you plan to continue after you apply.
You can provide various pieces of evidence to prove this, which may include the following:
- a letter from your child’s school confirming you take them to school or go to parent evenings
- a letter to your address from the local authority confirming your child’s school
- a letter from your child’s doctor, dentist, or health visitor confirming that you take them to appointments
- court order paperwork confirming that your child lives with you or that you’re taking an active role in their upbringing. You need permission from the court to use court order paperwork as evidence in your application. Send written proof that the court has given you permission when you apply - for example, a letter from the court.
If you do not have any evidence that meets this criteria, there may be other evidence you can provide instead.
Other evidence you can provide may include:
- a parental agreement drafted by a solicitor and signed by you and the child’s other parent
- a letter from HMRC confirming that you’re claiming Child Tax Credit
- social services paperwork confirming that you spend time with your child, or that you’re applying for access
Things like greetings cards, photographs and text or social media messages are not considered strong evidence of your role in your child’s upbringing and are unlikely to help your application.
You can apply for a parent of a British child visa either under the 5-year route or the 10-year route to settlement.
How you apply depends on whether you’re in the UK or not.
If you are a resident outside the UK, You must apply online outside the UK. You must also complete Appendix 5.
If you are a UK resident with permission to stay other than as a visitor, you must apply online in the UK.
You can apply for a fee waiver if you cannot pay the fee because you:
- do not have a place to live and cannot afford one
- have a place to live but cannot afford essential living costs like food or heating
- have a very low income and paying the fee would harm your child’s wellbeing