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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

• Your rights

  As an employee you’re allowed time off to deal with an emergency involving…

• What's an emergency?

  You could get time off when a dependant is involved in the following…

• Taking time off

  Tell your employer as soon as possible if you need time off. If it’s an…

• Problems when you take time off

  Your employer must not: treat you unfairly for taking time off, for…

Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.

• Overview

  You need a family visa to live with a family member in the UK for more…

• Apply as a partner or spouse

  To apply as a partner, you and your partner both need to be 18 or over.…

• Financial requirements if you’re applying as a partner or spouse

  If you apply for a family visa as a partner, you and your partner usually…

• Apply as a parent

  You can apply to live in the UK to care for your child. If you’re eligible…

• Apply as a child

  You can apply for a family visa to join your parent in the UK. You may not…

• Apply as an adult coming to be cared for by a relative

  You must need long-term care from a parent, grandchild, brother, sister,…

• Apply on the basis of your private life

  You can only apply on the basis of your private life if you’re already…

• Information and evidence you must provide

  You’ll need to have information and some evidence ready when you make your…

• Knowledge of English

  You may need to prove your knowledge of the English language when you…

• After you apply

  You’ll need to attend an appointment to provide your biometric information…

• Updated: 6 April 2024

Adult Dependants' Grant for full-time students who financially support an adult - funding, how to apply, eligibility.

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

Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from people who wish to enter or remain in the UK as a dependent family member.

• Updated: 4 April 2024

• Updated: 4 April 2024

• Updated: 26 July 2023

Immigration staff guidance on dependants and former dependants applying for asylum.

• Updated: 26 July 2023

• Updated: 3 February 2022

Apply to extend your Investor visa (Tier 1) or bring your family.

Apply for a Skilled Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 General work visa) if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children, taking on additional...

Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children

Apply to extend your Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1), bring your family.

Apply for a Temporary Work – International Agreement visa if you're working under international law (including diplomatic households) - extend or switch, family members

Apply to come to the UK as a representative of a news agency, newspaper or news agency and you’re from outside the EEA and Switzerland - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, extend and switch.

Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members

Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.

Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.

Employer and employee guide to unpaid carer’s leave - who can take it, how long for, when can employers postpone or delay.