You can apply for entry clearance for the parent of a British child visa in the UK if you are a parent of a British child and are not the partner of the other parent of the British child. An entry clearance application for the parent of a British child visa requires that the child is present in the UK at the time of online submission of the entry clearance application. The applicant must have access rights for in-person contact with the British child either in the form of a letter of consent issued by the child's other parent or in the form of a residence order issued by the UK family court. 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 entry clearance application for the parent of a British child visa is made in accordance with the requirements as set out in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. The main eligibility requirements include submitting a valid application, relationship requirement with the child, the presence of the child in the UK at the time of application submission, adequate maintenance requirement, accommodation requirement, suitability requirements, English proficiency at CEFR level A1 in listening and speaking only and the Tuberculosis (TB) Test certificate requirement, if applicable. As a result of a successful application for parent of a British child visa entry clearance, the applicant is granted leave to enter as a parent of a British child for a period of 33 months. You can submit an entry clearance application for the parent of a British child visa through Priority Service to get a faster decision on your application within 30 working days.
The applicant can renew or extend the parent of a British child visa before the expiry of such leave and will be granted further extension for 30 months if all the requirements for the extension application are duly met. An application for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) can be made under this category either upon completion of 5 years under the 5-year route or 10 years under the 10-year route.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About UK Visa Entry Clearance as a Parent of a British Child
Following are the various frequently asked questions (FAQs) about UK visa entry clearance application as a parent of a British child UK:
A person applying for a UK visa from outside the UK as a parent of a British child must meet the requirements as set out in Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. The eligibility requirements for UK visa entry clearance as a parent of a British child include the following:
Valid application: The applicant must have made a valid application for entry clearance as a parent;
Requirements relating to the applicant: The applicant applying for UK visa entry clearance as a parent of a child:
- must be the parent of the qualifying child;
- must be resident outside the UK at the time of entry clearance application;
- must be aged 18 or over at the time of entry clearance application;
- must meet the suitability requirements as set out in Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules;
- must meet the financial requirement to maintain and accommodate himself/herself without any recourse to public funds;
- must meet have either sole responsibility for the child or direct access (in person) to the child, as agreed with the parent or carer with whom the child normally lives or as ordered by a court in the UK; and
- must provide evidence that he/she is taking, and intends to continue to take, an active role in the child’s upbringing.
- must meet the English language requirement to show that the applicant has English proficiency at CEFR level A1 as required by the UK Immigration Rules;
- must provide a Tuberculosis test certificate, where this is required under Appendix T of the Immigration Rules.
Requirements relating to the child: The applicant's child must be:
- under the age of 18 at the time of entry clearance application;
- resident in the UK at the time of entry clearance application;
- either British Citizen or have ILR / settled status or an EU national child with pre-settled status;
Requirements relating to the other parent or carer of the child: If you share parental responsibility with the other parent of the child, the other parent of the child:
- must not be the applicant's partner;
- must be British or Irish Citizens or have settled status / ILR or 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.