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Guidance for dependants of UK visa applicants (Tiers 1, 2, 5 and Appendix W)

Full guidance on the policy for applications by the family of people who have UK visas under the points-based system (PBS dependants) and Appendix W workers.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published:
12 November 2013
Last updated:
3 March 2021
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  1. This guidance has been withdrawn.

  2. Guidance for dependants of Students and Child students has been removed from the document. A link to the new guidance for Students and Child students has been added to the details section on this page.

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  8. PDF factually amended.

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  11. Replaced document with a new version.

  12. Updated guidance for use on or after 11 January 2018.

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  18. New guidance published for use on and after 1 July 2014.

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This guidance is out of date. Links to up to date information can be found further down this page for the family of UK visa applicants in Tiers 1,2,5 and Appendix W.

Documents

PBS dependant guidance: withdrawn

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Details

This guidance is out of date. Up to date information can be found for the family of those on the following visa routes:

Long-term work visas

Short-term work visas

Investor, business development and talent visas

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