If you are legally married to a UK settled person as described above, you can apply to enter the UK to join them but any recent marriages or short-term relationships prior to marriage will need more explaining in your application.

You will need to meet the financial requirements, provide evidence of your English to A1 level unless exempt and TB if you are from a country on the TB list.

This visa is initially granted for a 30 month period with an option to extend once in the UK, subject to meeting immigration rules.

If your civil partnership was done outside the UK, it should be recognised by the Home Office or your visa application is likely to be refused because many countries do not approve same-sex marriages. 

You will need to meet the financial requirements, provide evidence of your English to A1 level unless exempt and TB if you are from a country on the TB list.

This visa is initially granted for a 30 month period with an option to extend once in the UK, subject to immigration rules.

If you are in a relationship with a UK settled person and have been for the past two (2) years or more, you can apply to enter the UK to join them. This application type is much more complex than the wife/husband route as you have no marriage certificate.

You will need to meet the financial requirements, provide evidence of your English to A1 level unless exempt and TB if you are from a country on the TB list.

This visa is initially granted for a 30 month period with an option to extend once in the UK, subject to immigration rules.

This visa type refers to fiancé/fiancée. You are required to provide evidence of your relationship and that you plan to marry within 6 months of your UK entry which is the time period of your entry visa to the UK.

You will need to meet the financial requirements, provide evidence of your English to A1 level unless exempt and TB if you are from a country on the TB list.

This visa is initially granted for 6 months with an option to renew for 30 months once in the UK, subject to immigration rules.

This visa type refers to HM forces personnel and family members that want to return to the UK and require a new entry visa as limited leave or indefinite leave.

You will need to meet the financial requirements, provide evidence of your English to A1 level unless exempt and TB if you are from a country on the TB list, plus if applying for settlement, pass the Life in the UK test and B1 English level.

This visa permission will depend if applying for initial leave or applying for settlement.

You do not need this certificate to be self-employed, but we recommend you do obtain one or obtain legal advice if you are 'genuinely' self-employed.

When you come to apply for your residency in 5 years time, if your paperwork is not in order, the Home Office will refuse your application.

If you are a child of a UK settled parent or parent of a UK child settled in the UK or your family has agreed to care for you whilst in the UK because you cannot care for yourself, you can apply to enter the UK to join your family.

You will need to meet the financial requirements, provide evidence of your English to A1 level (only applicable if aged 18-64) and obtain a TB certificate if you are from a country on the TB list.

This visa is initially granted for a 30 month period with an option to extend once in the UK, subject to immigration rules.

You can only apply under this visa route for family reunion or settlement if the adult dependant relative of a person who is present and settled in the UK or has permission to stay in the UK as a refugee or under humanitarian protection or child of a settled parent or with one parent who has permission to stay in the UK as a partner or parent given before 9 July 2012.

You must apply for this visa type outside of the UK.

This visa permission will depend if applying for family reunion or family settlement.

If the Home Office has recognised your family member as a refugee or given Humanitarian Protection in the UK, you are permitted to join them in the UK.

You will need to be able to demonstrate you formed part of the family unit (spouse or partner and children aged under 18) before he/she fled their country of habital residence.

From 29 July 2016 the rules were updated, when you land in the UK,  you are likely to be interviewed to verify your UK status as being genuine.

If the Home Office has recognised your family member as a refugee or given Humanitarian Protection in the UK, From 6 April 2011 you are now permitted to join them in the UK.

They will need to be either spouse (or civil partner) / unmarried partner (or same sex partner) and the relationship was formed after the Home Office approval and they meet paragraphs 319L to 319Q (for spouses and unmarried partners) of the Immigration Rules. Children and adopted children can also apply to enter the UK to join their family members.

This visa route is for family life as the partner 2 and 5 year routes and 5 year route who have refugee of humanitarian protection.

The dependent child of a person who has, or is at the same time applying for, limited leave as the partner of a person present and settled in the UK (2 or 5 year route) other than under the PBS or UK Ancestry.

Use this form to extend your initial 2.5 years to 5 years.

This visa route is for family life as a partner 10 year route and family life as a parent 5 and 10 year routes.

You can also apply under dependant child of a person who has, or is at the same time applying for, limited leave to enter or remain in the UK other than under the points based system or UK Ancestry (10 year route) and Private life in the UK (10 year route) and leave outside the Rules on the basis of family or private life.

This visa route is for a child under the age of 18 of a relative with Limited Leave to Enter or Remain in the UK as a Refugee or Beneficiary of Humanitarian Protection.

A child under the age of 18 of a relative with limited leave to enter or remain as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection.

(The relative is not the parent of the child).

Note: The child must have previously been granted leave to enter in this capacity.

This visa route is for a dependant of a member of Armed Forces which are not HM Forces and, parents of a Tier child student and dependant joiners who are applying separately from the  main applicant.

Dependants sponsored by limited leave to enter or remain in the UK, not including dependants of a person with leave under the points based system or dependants of a person in the UK with leave on the basis of family or private life.

This visa route is for further leave to remain in the UK for a person granted Discretionary Leave following the refusal of asylum.

You must already be in the UK and hold a valid visa to apply under this visa route.

If you think you are entitled to apply under this visa type, you should complete FLR (DL) and ensure you provide your reasons why you should remain in the UK.

This visa route is for further leave to remain in the UK for discretionary Leave (DL) where you have previously been granted a period of DL but have not

previously been refused asylum or granted less than 4 years Exceptional Leave (people in these categories should use form FLR(DL), or FLR (FP) if they were granted DL on the basis

of Article 8)

or

Medical grounds or ill health

or

Human rights claim (not to be used for claims on the grounds of family or private life, including on the basis of family dependencies between a parent and a child, or for protection (asylum)

claims)

or

Leave outside the rules under the policy concessions in the 'Leave outside the rules guidance'

or

Claim for leave outside the Immigration Rules because of compassionate and compelling circumstances (not to be used for claims on the basis of family and private life (Article 8) for which form FLR(FP) should be used instead)