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Chapter 08: family members (immigration directorate instructions)

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

Published 9 July 2012
Last updated 28 August 2014 — see all updates

• From: UK Visas and Immigration

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
   • 25 September 2018
   • 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
   • 25 September 2018
   • Policy paper
6. Chapter 8: family members transitional arrangements
   • 11 August 2015
   • Policy paper

Published 9 July 2012
Last updated 28 August 2014 + show all updates

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.