Depende visa is a docume that allows family members of an immigra to come to this coury. Differe types of visas allow holders to bring depende family members to the UK (including work visas, study visas, business visas etc.). But the immigration rules are more focused on PBS depende visa and depende visa. Both visas generally serve the same purpose, allowing depende family members to join the original visa holder in the UK.
PBS depende visas are offered to those who hold a concession visa (eg Skilled Worker visa). Stay with the consultas of Istehabanati Migration Institute to investigate this issue further.
New UK depende visa rules 2024
Before going io this discussion, keep in mind that new rules have been implemeed for UK depende visas (year 2024). From January 2024, iernational studes will no longer be allowed to bring dependes to the UK. Unless they are engaged in a PhD or postgraduate research program. In addition, from March 11, 2024, immigras working in the health sector will no longer be allowed to bring dependes.
Types of accompanying UK visas
When it comes to immigration to England, the question comes to mind, who can come to England as a “depende person”? To understand this issue, you should know that only first degree family members can apply as depende visa. This group includes spouses, civil partners, unmarried partners (who are in a stable relationship), children under 18 (at the date of application). Of course, unmarried partners must provide proof of living with their partner for at least 2 years. Also, children should not have an independe life.
Family reunification visa for pares in the UK
This visa can only be obtained if you have a child in the UK and you wa to apply for this visa as a pare to join the child. For this purpose, you must be recognized as a guardian, which includes the child’s natural (biological) pare, stepfather or steppare. To be eligible for a UK accompanying visa, you must prove that your child is British. If the child is not English, you must show that they are settled in the UK and that you are responsible for their care. You must also prove sufficie financial ability to support him and the ability to speak English.
To get a UK stude companion visa, if the child is non-British (in addition to the above conditions), you must show that they have lived in the UK coinuously for 7 years or more.
UK accompanying visa with work immigration
Work migration to England can also provide conditions for your family to be prese. Of course, the validity of family members’ visa depends on your visa. This means that your visa will expire at the same time as the stay of your family members. As a result, if you have a spouse and children under the age of 18 (or children over the age of 18) who are currely depende on you in the UK, you can apply for a UK family reunification visa for them. To obtain this visa, you must apply online so that after proving the ideity of the family members, checking the required documes and documes that show sufficie financial ability, the family joining visa will be issued to them. The time of issuing this visa is approximately three weeks after submitting the required documes.
UK stude companion visa
Currely, the UK does not offer accompanying visas to studes for their family members (except for some specific courses). Because the latest laws approved in this coury have prohibited this possibility for studes. Therefore, before any action, it is better to get complete information about the releva conditions and rules from the releva authorities.
British visa with investme
If you have invested in England and eered this coury with a TIRE 1 visa, you can also apply for an English companion visa. This visa is graed to a spouse or partner, children under the age of 18 and children over the age of 18 who are recognized as dependes in the UK. But children over the age of 18 who are outside the UK cannot apply for this visa. Adults in your household must provide proof of no criminal record. Also, to apply for this visa, you must apply online and each person’s fingerpri and photo must be submitted to the embassy. It usually takes about 8 weeks to respond to your request.
What is the UK Guardian Visa?
This visa is iended for studying in the UK and as we meioned before, it allows you to stay in the UK as the guardian of an iernational stude under the age of 18. You must:
1. Be the legal guardian or a close relative of the stude.
2. Have enough money to support yourself and the stude during your stay.
3. Be able to provide housing and other support and be at least 21 years old.
UK companion visa conditions
Before immigrating, it is better to check the specific conditions of obtaining this visa. You can apply for a depende visa if you are depende on someone who has a UK qualifying work visa, stude visa, business visa or ancestry visa. Remember that not all work or even stude visa holders are eligible to bring their dependes to the UK. If you are not sure about your eligibility, we recommend that you coact our advisors to better understand this issue. When we talk about “depende person”, we are directly referring to the partner/spouse or child of the main applica.
According to UK companion visa law, partners must:
- or married
- or be in a civil partnership with a person reside in England.
- Or they must have lived together for 2 years or more.
Also, to apply for a depende child visa, the person must be under 18 years of age or, if 16 years of age or older, must be a depende of the original visa holder. Being depende means that they:
1. are not living independely (for example, not married, in a civil partnership or have children);
2. Live with the original visa holder (unless attending boarding school or university)
3. They are sponsored by the original visa holder.
In addition to depende visas for children and partners, a UK reside can bring immediate family members to the UK if they have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) or British citizenship and meet the requiremes for an adult depende relative visa.
Financial ability to obtain UK depende visa
In general, to apply for a UK family reunification visa, you must first demonstrate that the family’s residence is supported without the need to use public funds. You will then need to prove that your annual income is at least £18,600 (before tax). Remember that this amou is only enough to cover your spouse’s expenses. If you wa to apply for a UK family reunification visa for your children as well, you will need to add £3,800 for the first child and £2,400 for each child. The total amou should show the ability to provide these amous for all family members. The following table shows the amou of financial resources for family members:
| For a partner without children | 18,600 pounds |
| For a child in addition to a partner | 22,400 pounds |
| For two children in addition to the partner | 24,800 pounds |
| For three children in addition to the partner | 27,200 pounds |
Remember, however, that the amou of financial requiremes that apply to a UK companion visa depends on the visa type of the main visa holder. For example, when applying for a UK Skilled Worker Depende visa, it must be shown that the main visa holder or applica has the following financial resources:
- £285 for a partner
- £315 for a child
- £200 for each additional child
If your annual income is less than these values, the family reunification visa may be rejected. As a result, before sending the visa application, you should make sure that you can provide these amous.
Required documes for UK accompanying visa
Depende visa applicas are required to provide specific documeation to support their application. The exact list of documes you need to provide depends on the type of visa of the main applica and your relationship with them. But some of the documes or information that may be required for both UK Stude Accompanying Visa and Skilled Professional Accompanying Visa are as follows.
- Global Web Form (GWF) or a Unique Application Number (UAN) for the original visa holder (to link applications together)
- Ideity documes (e.g. passport)
- Proof of relationship with the original visa holder (eg, birth certificate, marriage certificate, civil partnership certificate)
- Proof of affiliation (for example, proof of attendance at a boarding school or university and correspondence showing that the applica has the same address as the original visa holder)
- Bank stateme (showing that the funds required to meet the financial need have been held for at least the last 28 days)
It is importa to make sure you provide all the documes required by UKVI, as failure to do so may result in your application being delayed or refused. If you are not sure that you have all the necessary documes to support your UK depende visa application, speak to one of our specialist UK companion visa advisors so they can check this for you before submitting.
Procedures for obtaining a UK stude accompanying visa
It doesn’t matter whether you are applying for a companion visa with a UK study visa or a work visa, either way the steps you need to go through are almost the same.
1. Complete and submit the online application form: remember to provide the original applica’s unique reference number. It is importa to use the correct application form. For example, the form used for children depende on PBS1 is differe from the form used for partners depende on PBS.
2. Pay the application fee and immigration health care surcharge.
3. Upload all documes required by UKVI to support your application.
4. Book a biometrics appoime with your nearest Visa Application Ceer or UKVCAS (if you’re outside the UK). At this stage, your fingerpri must be scanned.
In most cases, you can expect a decision on your depende visa within 8 weeks.
UK accompanying visa validity
Depende visas will usually be issued for the same period as the permit graed to the original visa holder. For example, if the main applica has a 2-year visa, his companion will also have a Depende visa for 2 years. Of course, depende visa holders have a lot of flexibility and can live, work, study and travel freely.
The importa thing is that dependes do not need financial support to work in the UK and can change jobs and employers without obtaining permission from the Home Office. However, UK accompanying visa holders cannot apply for public funds such as humanitarian aid.
Accompanying work permit in England
As we meioned, the accompanying visa for the UK comes with flexible options. This visa also allows to work for any employer without restrictions. This is known as one of the biggest advaages of this visa in England. This possibility allows families to have multiple sources of income.
In this coury, various businesses have created suitable positions for people from all over the world and are often looking for people with the skills needed to boost the coury’s economy. For UK accompanying visa holders, there are no special restrictions on choosing a job and they can freely choose the job of their choice. Of course, it is impossible to work in professions such as deistry, medicine and professional sportsmen with this visa.
final word
In general, the UK depende visa is iended for family members of people who are applying for differe work categories including Worker Routes (formerly Tier 2), Temporary Worker Routes (formerly Tier 5) etc. This visa is restricted for educational migras, but those who have received their visa based on British ancestry, have no problem obtaining a British accompanying visa. If you need help to check your conditions, we at Esthebanati Immigration Institute can solve this problem for you. As a result, we increase your chances of getting this visa so that your depende family members are allowed to live in the UK. To use the experience and knowledge of our consultas, just use the provided communication bridges.
Frequely asked questions
1- Who can come to England as a depende?
Only first-degree family members including spouses, civil partners, unmarried partners (who are in a stable relationship), children under 18 years of age can apply for a visa as primary dependes.
2- Is it possible for depende visa holders to work in England?
Depende visa holders are allowed to work in the UK. But they cannot work as a professional athlete or a doctor/deist.
3- Will the companion visa be provided for the stude’s spouse in 2024?
no From the beginning of 2024, it is not possible to obtain this visa for the presence of a stude’s spouse at the master’s level.
