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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.
If you’re a full-time student in higher education and an adult depends on…
The maximum Adult Dependants’ Grant is: £3,438 for the 2024 to 2025…
To get an Adult Dependants’ Grant, another adult must depend on you…
Fill in the Adult Dependants’ Grant section on your main student finance…
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from people who wish to enter or remain in the UK as a dependent family member.
Immigration staff guidance on dependants and former dependants applying for asylum.
Application for Dependants' Grants form for both academic years 2024 to 2025 and 2023 to 2024.
Immigration staff guide for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications to enter or remain in the UK as a dependant family member of a Tier 1 migrant.
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
This document provides information on the 2 child payment limit for claimants of Income Support with dependants allowance.
This applies to individuals who receive a dependants' scheme pension following the death of a member of a registered pension scheme aged 75 or over.
Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
You must tell the Home Office if your relationship ends and you or your partner have a temporary UK visa
Apply to extend your Turkish Businessperson visa if you're a Turkish national and you are already running a business in the UK or helping run an established business - eligibility, fees, how to extend, your partner and children
Immigration staff guidance on determining whether a person is a dependant for asylum support purposes.
Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner
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