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Chapter 08: family members (immigration directorate instructions)

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Part of: Immigration and borders and Immigration directorate instructions
• Published: 9 July 2012
• Last updated: 28 August 2014, see all updates

Chapter 8 of the immigration directorate instructions is used by UK Visas and Immigration when dealing with family applications.

Chapter 8 of the immigration directorate instructions is used by UK Visas and Immigration when dealing with family applications.

Documents

1. Chapter 8, section 1: spouses

   • 3 April 2017
   • Policy paper

2. Chapter 8, section 2: civil partners

   • 23 January 2014
   • Policy paper

3. Chapter 8, section 4a: children born in the UK who are not British citizens

   • 9 July 2012
   • Policy paper

4. Chapter 8, section 5a: children

   • 18 November 2016
   • Policy paper

5. Chapter 8, section 9: unmarried and same sex relationships

   • 9 July 2012
   • Policy paper

6. Chapter 8: family members transitional arrangements

   • 11 August 2015
   • Policy paper

Document information

Published: 9 July 2012

Updated: 28 August 2014

+ full page history

1. 28 August 2014 Updated chapter 8: family members transitional arrangements.
2. 6 August 2014 'Chapter 8: family members transitional arrangements' has been removed from the collection. It is factually inaccurate owing to a policy change and we are updating it.
3. 23 January 2014 Added more documents to the collection.
4. 23 January 2014 Edited the body text as it listed information that was not useful for users.
5. 9 July 2012 First published.

From: UK Visas and Immigration

Part of: Immigration and borders Immigration directorate instructions