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Applying for an Adult Dependent Relative Visa After an Unsuccessful Appeal
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Your adult dependent relative (‘ADR’) visa application is denied. Your appeals are dismissed. Your options are exhausted. And your loved one is still without a UK visa. Now what? Facing this...

 predicament, many clients turn to us for help. While a fresh ADR application might be an option, it’s advisable to consult a legal professional first. Our barristers can advise you on your options at this stage.  A...

Changes to the Adult Dependent Relative Visa Rules
By Madeline Haas - Legal Associate

On 1 June 2023, the Immigration Rules for the Adult Dependent Relative immigration route were updated. These rules, which were previously under Appendix FM, have now been replaced by Appendix Adult Dependent Relative....

 In simplified terms, this immigration route allows for an adult Sponsor to bring an adult relative to the United Kingdom. Sponsors must be either British citizens, persons settled in the UK, persons...

Family Life in Adult Dependent Relative Visa Applications
By Aaron Durban-Richardson - Legal Associate

In cases where an individual is unable to satisfy the requirements of the Adult Dependent Relative Rules, decision-makers must consider whether the individual’s Article 8 right to ‘family life’ is engaged....

 However, a complication that arises here is that, even though two individuals are related, and might very well share a close, personal relationship to each other, family life is not automatically engaged or...

How to Apply for an Adult Dependent Relative Visa From the UK
By Richmond Chambers -

Occasionally, at Richmond Chambers we receive enquiries from clients facing a challenging dilemma. A relative has arrived for a visit and either their condition has deteriorated during the visit or their condition...

 is much worse than what their family in the UK realised when inviting them for a visit. Is it possible to apply for an Adult Dependent Relative visa while your relative is in the UK, or do you need to send...

How to Appeal an Adult Dependent Relative Visa Refusal
By Richmond Chambers -

The Adult Dependent Relative visa is a visa category  designed for British people, settled people or those with refugee leave,  humanitarian protection status, or limited leave under Appendix EU to bring family...

 members in need of care to the UK. At Richmond Chambers we frequently get calls from people seeking to bring their elderly, ill, or disabled family members to the UK.  However, the reality is that there is...

Settlement for Dependent Parents: Appendix EU v. Appendix FM
By Aaron Durban-Richardson - Legal Associate

Both Appendix EU and Appendix FM provide routes to settlement in the UK for dependent parents. Whilst the focus of this post will be on dependent parents, it should be noted that Appendix EU contains provisions...

 relating to other types of dependent relatives and that Appendix FM relates, not just to dependent parents, but the broader concept of ‘adult dependent relatives’. As will be explored in this post, the...

Adult Dependent Relative Visa Refusal Withdrawn
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

Earlier this year Alex Papasotiriou and Alexandra Pease, working together with Thomas Hill, one of our dedicated Legal Associates, achieved a successful result on behalf of our clients.  Our clients were refused...

 indefinite leave to enter as Adult Dependent Relatives.  The matter progressed through the appeal process and was ultimately successful. Background to the Case Our clients, the Appellants, were a husband...

Private Life (Adult Dependent Relative) Appeal Allowed
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

In May 2022 Alexandra Pease and Jasmine Theilgaard, working together with Bernie Wood and Olivia Waddell and our dedicated team of legal associates, achieved a successful result on behalf of our client. ...

 She had entered the UK as a visitor, her health had deteriorated during the Covid-19 period and her family were deeply concerned, as was she, about her ability to return to Georgia without support. The matter...

Adult Dependent Relative Visa: Medical Evidence
By Richmond Chambers -

The requirements for an Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) visa are set out in Section EC-DR of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. In this post we explore what medical evidence may be required to support an application...

 under the Adult Dependent Relative visa category.  Requirements for an Adult Dependent Relative Visa The evidence to be provided in order to meet the requirements of the Adult Dependent Relative visa...

Apply for an Adult Dependent Relative Visa: Top 10 FAQs
By Richmond Chambers -

The Adult Dependent Relative visa category is for those who wish to settle in the UK as adult dependent relatives of British citizens, persons present and settled in the UK, persons with limited leave to remain...

 in the UK under Appendix EU or persons in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection status. Following the restrictions of applications under the Adult Dependent Relative visa category in 2012...

BMA: Review Adult Dependent Relative Rule for Doctors
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

The British Medical Association, together with other leading medical bodies, has issued a call for the Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) rule to be amended to allow settled migrant doctors to bring adult relatives,...

 such as elderly parents, to the UK so that they can look after them. The BMA’s joint letter to the Home Secretary asking her to exempt doctors from the Adult Dependent Relative rule can be read...

A Guide to Adult Dependent Relative Visas
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

The Immigration Rules changed in July 2012 and restricted applications under the Adult Dependent Relative visa category. Applications for Adult Dependent Relative visas are only now granted in very limited circumstances....

 The Adult Dependent Relative visa rules prior to 2012 concentrated on financial dependence where the family member was over 65 or if under 65 where there were exceptional circumstances.  The...
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