Can I go to live with my parents in the UK as a child? You can apply to join your parents in the UK if:
your parents live in the UK legally, with no time limit on their stay, or they are applying at the same time as you one parent is living and settled in the UK or is applying for settlement at the same time as you, and has had sole responsibility for looking after you your parents can support you without help from public funds your parents have enough accommodation, which they own or live in, where you can live without help from public funds, and you are their child.
For all of the above, ‘parent’ includes a step-parent where the father or mother is dead, either the father or mother of an illegitimate child and, in certain circumstances, an adoptive parent. How can I qualify to join my parents in the UK? You, or your parent, must show that you:
are under 18 years of age, and cannot support yourself financially, are not married or in a civil partnership and are not living independently away from your parents.
A child cannot normally go to live in the UK if one parent is living abroad, unless the parent in the UK has sole responsibility for the child, or if there are special reasons why the child should be allowed to join the parent in the UK.
You must get a visa before you travel to the UK.
Can parents, grandparents and other dependent relatives go to live in the UK? If you are a widowed parent or grandparent aged 65 or over, or parents or grandparents travelling together and one of you is 65 or over, you may qualify if:
you are completely or mainly financially dependent on children or grandchildren living and settled in the UK you have no other close relatives in your own country to help you your children or grandchildren can support you without needing help from public funds, and your children or grandchildren have enough accommodation, which they alone own or live in, where you can live without needing any help from public funds.
If you are a parent or grandparent under the age of 65, you may qualify if:
you are living in the most exceptional compassionate circumstances you are completely or mainly financially dependent on children or grandchildren living and settled in the UK you have no other close relatives in your own country to help you your children or grandchildren can support you without needing help from public funds, and your children or grandchildren have enough accommodation, which they alone own or live in, where you can live without needing any help from public funds.
If you are over 18 and have a parent settled in the UK, or if you are a sister, brother, aunt, uncle or any other relative of a person settled in the UK, you may qualify if you meet the conditions listed in the previous paragraph and you are living alone in the most exceptional compassionate circumstances.
