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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…

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

• Overview

  If you’re a full-time student in higher education and an adult depends on…

• What you'll get

  The maximum Adult Dependants’ Grant is: £3,545 for the 2025 to 2026…

• Eligibility

  To get an Adult Dependants’ Grant, another adult must depend on you…

• How to apply

  Fill in the Adult Dependants’ Grant section on your main student finance…

Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

• Overview

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have a…

• Apply as a partner (family visa)

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if both: you have…

• Apply as a partner (dependant on a work visa)

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if both: you’re a…

• Apply as a parent (family visa)

  You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if you have a family…

• Apply as a child (family visa)

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain as a child. You…

• Apply as a child (dependant on a work visa)

  You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if your parent is…

• Apply as an adult dependent relative (family visa)

  You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if you have a family…

• After you apply

  You’ll be asked to make an appointment at a UK Visa and Citizenship…

Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.

Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have permission to stay as a refugee, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave - fees, who's eligible, family members, how to apply.

Apply for a British National (Overseas) visa (known as a BNO visa) to live, work and study in the UK if you or a family member are from Hong Kong and registered as a British national (overseas).

Find out how a non-UK resident company trading in the UK through a dependent agent permanent establishment (DAPE) would register for Corporation Tax.

• Updated: 11 July 2025

A guide to applying for compensation under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme.

• Updated: 14 June 2024

A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.

• Updated: 1 May 2025

Form to extend stay in the UK as the partner or dependent child of someone who is settled here or who is a refugee or under humanitarian protection.