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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 fingerprints and a…

Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.

• Check you can get a divorce

  You can get divorced in England or Wales if all of the following are true:…

• Before you apply

  You must decide whether you want to make a joint application with your…

• How to apply

  To apply for a divorce you’ll need: yours and your husband or wife’s full…

• What happens after you apply

  What happens after you apply depends whether you applied for a divorce…

• Apply for a conditional order or decree nisi

  A conditional order and decree nisi are documents that say that the court…

• Finalise your divorce

  To end your marriage you must apply for either: a final order a decree…

• If your husband or wife lacks mental capacity

  You can apply for a divorce if your husband or wife ‘lacks mental…

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• Updated: 7 November 2024

Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.

• Updated: 10 June 2022

Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.

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

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 British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.

Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner

How to provide evidence that you're a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein or a person of Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 2 August 2024