Partners and other family members > Join (Entry clearance) or Remain (FLR(M) or FLR(FP)).
Immigration RulesEligibility wrote:Your partner or family member must have one of the following:
You and your partner must intend to live together permanently in the UK after you apply.
- be a British or Irish citizen
- have settled in the UK - for example, they have indefinite leave to remain, settled status or proof of permanent residence
- be from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and have pre-settled status - they must have started living in the UK before 1 January 2021
- have a Turkish Businessperson visa or Turkish Worker visa
- have refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK
If your partner has settled status you may be able to apply to the free EU Settlement Scheme or for a family permit.
> Part 8 - Family members (prior to 9th July 2012)
> Appendix FM: Family members e.g. Partners
> Appendix FM-SE: Family members - specified evidence
Guidance and Instructions:
Settlement (SET)
Income, Adequate Maintenance and Accommodation
Chapter 8 - Appendix FM (family members)
Chapter 8 - Family members transitional arrangements
Other cross-cutting information
Appendix FM 1.0b: family life (as a partner or parent) and private life: 10-year routes
How to apply for a UK spouse or partner visa
Meeting the 5year route to settlement as a Partner or Parent: Your frequently asked questions answered
Partner, Parent and Private Life on The 10year Route to Settlement: Your Frequently Asked Questions Answered
The Ultimate Spouse Visa UK Guide | STEP-BY-STEP.
New English language testing for partners
Knowledge of language and life in the UK
The financial (minimum income) requirement for partner visas.
Payslips require a current employer on the date of the application.
Savings calculator
Subsisting marriage. Cohabitation documents.
Medical issues (MED); UK tuberculosis technical instructions; TB Testing; Tuberculosis (TB): migrant health guide; Appendix Tuberculosis (TB); NHS, NHS Surcharge (Children's ILE; SET(F) visitor under 18, over 18).
Parent of overseas British child.
Do also read Form SET(M)'s requirements now.
Sponsor on benefits.
Supreme Court MM judgment.
Timings : extension, settlement.
When does having a partner disqualify you from keeping a parent visa?
Fiancé(e) travel
Archive:
See also consultation. Family migration changes announced - updated; New Statement of Intent on family migration; Can reducing immigration be a legitimate aim in human rights law?
Changes to the family immigration rules: Who they affect; Family Migration: New rules to be introduced from 09-Jul-12
A case of tough love.
The New Rules; New Immigration Rules brought in immediately
The Case of the Lost Prerogative
A way to legally circumvent new immigration rules
Parliament Committee Report on New Family Rules and Westminster Debate
Some case laws:
Older dependent relatives
Settlement rules for spouses > IA208252010 (unreported) [2010] UKAITUR IA208252010 (03 November 2010)
Sole responsibility
Disabled sponsor
Initial Application As A Parent Of A Child Who Has Lived In The UK For Seven Years Continuously
Victims of domestic violence - Balakoohi, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 1439 (Admin) (01 June 2012); T, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 2453 (Admin) (22 July 2014)
3rd Party Support & Accommodation.
Discretionary Leave 2010,
Win For Children With Discretionary Leave (2013) - limited
Jan 2014, August 2014, Oct 2014, Oct 2014.
320(11)
Chikwamba
GS (public funds - tax credits) India [2010] UKUT 419 (IAC)
French v Entry Clearance Officer Kingston [2011] EWCA Civ 35 (31 January 2011)
Jahangara Begum and others (maintenance - savings) Bangladesh [2011] UKUT 00246 (IAC) (14 June 2011)
Best interests of children: new Supreme Court case
Omotunde (best interests - Zambrano applied - Razgar) Nigeria [2011] UKUT 00247(IAC); UKBA's policy
Seven year child concession policy
284 and article 8; MH; BN, R; AJ
E-A (Article 8 best interests of child) Nigeria [2011] UKUT 00315 (IAC)
A.A. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM - 8000/08 [2011] ECHR 1345 (20 September 2011) Article 8
Important new case on children
Effect of Quila; Spouse visa age lowered; Review of spouse cases refused on age alone
Best interests of children;
Tribunal’s view on Sapkota
The best interests of children living outside the United Kingdom
Subsisting marriage
Sanade and others (British children - Zambrano – Dereci) [2012] UKUT 00048 (IAC)
AX (family planning scheme) China CG [2012] UKUT 97 (IAC) (16 April 2012)
Extradition, Article 8 and the rights of the child
DH (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 1736 (21 December 2012) (scope of the Zambrano principle)
Human rights and the immigration rules > Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) [2013] UKUT 45 (IAC)
Ahmed (benefits: proof of receipt; evidence) Bangladesh [2013] UKUT 84 (IAC) (26 February 2013)
Hassan & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 582 (Admin) (18 March 2013) (transitional provisions of Policy DP5/96)
Campbell (exclusion; Zambrano) Jamaica [2013] UKUT 147 (IAC) (21 March 2013)
High Court rejects May’s high politics > Nagre, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 720 (Admin) (28 March 2013) (lawfulness of paragraph 276ADE and Section EX.1) & Will the real Article 8 please stand up! > Green (Article 8 – new rules) Jamaica [2013] UKUT 254 (IAC) (13 May 2013) & PETITION OF MS v. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2013] ScotCS CSIH_52 (11 June 2013)
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Chapti/Bibi on pre-entry English tests > Bibi & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2013] EWCA Civ 322 (12 April 2013) (pre-Entry English language test)
Chikwamba delivers again > Zhang, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 891 (Admin) (18 April 2013) (319C(h)(i))
Azimi-Moayed and others (decisions affecting children; onward appeals) Iran [2013] UKUT 197 (IAC) (15 April 2013)
SM & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1144 (Admin) (08 May 2013) (Win For Children With Discretionary Leave - discretionary leave or ILR?)
AJ (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 493 (21 March 2013) (deportation after serious crime)
SS (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 550 (22 May 2013)
Kheirollahi-Ahmadroghani v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1314 (Admin) (22 May 2013) (age assessment)
Akhtar v Entry Clearance Officer - Islamabad (CEFR; UKBA Guidance and IELTS) [2013] UKUT 00306 (IAC) (05 July 2013) (English Language)
High Court finds minimum income rules disproportionate and unjustified > MM & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1900 (Admin) (05 July 2013)
More hope for separated parents with British children > MA and SM (Zambrano: EU children outside EU) Iran [2013] UKUT 00380 (IAC) (19 July 2013)
Medical treatment human rights cases and Rose Akhalu > Akhalu (health claim: ECHR Article 8) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 400 (IAC) (24 July 2013)
Okonkwo (legacy - Hakemi; health claim) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 401 (IAC) (30 Jul 2013)
R (on the application of Matthew) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (FCJR) Not applicable [2013] UKUT 466 (IAC) (9 September 2013) (Article 8)
AN (Afghanistan) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1189 (11 October 2013) (317)
Behary, R (On Application) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 3575 (Admin) (20 November 2013) (best interests of children not initially raised, established presence failed)
MUB v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] ScotCS CSOH_179 (21 November 2013) (another failed best interest of children case)
Gulshan (Article 8 – new Rules – correct approach) Pakistan [2013] UKUT 640 (IAC) (17 December 2013)
Sabir (Appendix FM – EX.1 not free standing) (Pakistan) [2014] UKUT 63 (IAC) (31 January 2014)
ZI (Bangladesh) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 98 (14 February 2014)
Ahmed v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 300 (Admin) (14 February 2014)
Edgehill & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 402 (02 April 2014) (Rules before and after 9th July 2012)
Fetle (Partners: two year requirement) [2014] UKUT 267 (IAC) (3 June 2014)
EV (Philippines) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 874 (26 June 2014) (best interest of children)
IA366892013 & ors [2014] UKAITUR IA366892013 (30 June 2014) (children)
Heritage, R(on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and First-tier Tribunal (IJR) [2014] UKUT 441 (IAC) (26 September 2014)
No recourse to public funds (Art 8) declared unlawful
Aliyu & Anor, R (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 3919 (Admin) (26 November 2014) (Article 8)
Minimum income requirement and specified evidence > Sultana and Others (rules: waiver/further enquiry; discretion) [2014] UKUT 540 (IAC) (12 November 2014)
JO and Others (section 55 duty) Nigeria [2014] UKUT 517 (IAC) (1 December 2014)
AP (India) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 89 (13 February 2015) (historic injustice)
New case interprets chikwamba again > Idris, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (IJR) [2015] UKUT 95 (IAC) (4 February 2015)
Edgehill, Halumudeen, Singh and now Islam on commencement of rule changes
Mind the gap: immigration rules and human rights are not coterminous > Chen, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department) ((Appendix FM – Chikwamba – temporary separation – proportionality) (IJR) [2015] UKUT 189 (IAC) (24 March 2015)
Meaning of “access rights” to children in immigration law > JA (meaning of “access rights”) [2015] UKUT 225 (IAC) (17 April 2015)
Said & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 879 (Admin) (29 April 2015) (10 years delay damages)
Gulshan disapproved in High Court > Sunassee, R (on the application of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Anor [2015] EWHC 1604 (Admin) (12 June 2015)
Upper Tribunal considers lawfulness of granting Discretionary Leave to a child > Patel, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (duration of leave - policy (IJR) [2015] UKUT 561 (IAC) (21 October 2015)
Presidential Guidance on the Boomerang of Proof > Muhandiramge (section S-LTR.1.7) [2015] UKUT 675 (IAC) (20 November 2015)
Tribunal interprets spouse extension rule on overstay, required documents and language certificate > Bhudia, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (para 284(iv) and (ix)) (IJR) [2016] UKUT 25 (IAC) (2 December 2015)
Court of Appeal says when it is “reasonable” to remove a child resident for 7 years or more > MA (Pakistan) & Ors, R (on the application of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) & Anor [2016] EWCA Civ 705 (07 July 2016) (7 years).
N (A Child), Re [2016] EWHC 3085 (Fam) (1 December 2016) (adoption)
Kaur (children's best interests / public interest interface) [2017] UKUT 14 (IAC) (10 January 2017)
MM (Lebanon) & Ors, R( on the applications of) v Secretary of State and another [2017] UKSC 10 (22 February 2017) (The UK’s spousal and family visa regime: some reflections after the Supreme Court judgment in the MM case)
Agyarko and Ikuga, R (on the applications of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 11 (22 February 2017) (Ex.1.)
Scottish judge: discrimination based on immigration status unlawful > DN AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (301, sole responsibility, DL)
‘Nothing Irrational’ about Abolishing Appeal Rights in Domestic Violence Cases > AT, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 2589 (Admin) (18 October 2017)
Curtailment and Entry Clearance: Interfaith Couple Wins on Chikwamba in Court of Appeal > Tikka v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 642 (28 March 2018)
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Christy [2018] EWCA Civ 2378 (25 October 2018)(Surinder Singh, EEA residence documents in EEA country)
SD (British citizen children - entry clearance) Sri Lanka [2020] UKUT 43 (IAC) (23 January 2020)
Chikwamba and Zambrano cases: Real practical effect of Younas is erosion and dilution of provisions underpinning family life claims >
Younas (section 117B (6) (b); Chikwamba; Zambrano) Pakistan [2020] UKUT 129 (IAC) (24 March 2020)
Sponsor changing job is not a reason to refuse a spouse visa > Begum (employment income, Rules/Article 8) Bangladesh [2021] UKUT 115 (IAC) (14 April 2021)