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Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from people who wish to enter or remain in the UK as a dependent family member.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
As an employee you’re allowed time off to deal with an emergency involving…
You could get time off when a dependant is involved in the following…
Tell your employer as soon as possible if you need time off. If it’s an…
Your employer must not: treat you unfairly for taking time off, for…
Adult Dependants' Grant for full-time students who financially support an adult - funding, how to apply, eligibility.
The Adult Dependent Relative route is for a person aged 18 or over who is sponsored by a relative in the UK (who must be a British Citizen, settled in the UK, have protection status or be a specified EEA...
Form to extend stay in the UK as the partner or dependent child of someone who is settled here or who is a refugee or under humanitarian protection.
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
Apply for a British National (Overseas) visa (known as a BNO visa) to live, work and study in the UK if you or a family member are from Hong Kong and registered as a British national (overseas).
Immigration staff guidance on requirements for applications by children, including those applying as child dependants.
Immigration staff guidance on determining whether a person is a dependant for asylum support purposes.
Review of the Immigration Rules for adult dependent relatives.
Form to go with VAF4A (family visa) application for a child or an adult dependant relative.
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