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Registering a Child Born in the UK as a British Citizen after 10 years

In This Article 1. Registering a Child as a British Citizen: An Overview 2. Entitlement to Register as a British Citizen 3. Meeting the Good Character Requirement for British Citizenship 4. Evidence and Documentation...

Streamlined Asylum Process for Children: Eligibility & Key Updates

In This Article 1. Overview of the Streamlined Asylum Process for Children 2. Eligibility Criteria Under the Streamlined Asylum Process 3. Streamlined Asylum Process: Key Differences for High-Grant Rate Countries 4....

Child Visa Applications: How To Prove ‘Sole Responsibility’ 

In This Article 1. Understanding Sole Responsibility in UK Child Visa Applications 2. Child Visa Applications Involving the ‘Sole Responsibility’ Requirement 3. Clarifying the Concept of Sole Responsibility...

Understanding Discretionary Child British Citizenship Applications

In This Article 1. Introduction to Registering a Child as a British Citizen 2. Who Can Apply Under Section 3(1)? 3. Children Adopted Abroad by British Citizen Parents 4. Is Registration as a British Citizen...

UK Adoption Visa Guide: Bringing a Child to the UK for Adoption

The UK’s immigration landscape saw a significant update this year with the introduction of Appendix Adoption, replacing the relevant provisions within Part 8 of the Immigration Rules. Appendix Adoption streamlines...

Appendix Children: Requirements for Dependent Child Immigration Routes

Appendix Children was added to the Immigration Rules following a Home Office Statement of Changes dated 07 September 2023 (HC 1780). This Appendix does not set out any immigration route. Rather, it collects key...

UK Child Visa Financial Requirements Explained

While we have recently seen significant increases to minimum income and salary requirements in several immigration routes (see our recent blog posts here and here), there is one small exception to the general trend:...

Surrogacy, Adoption and Children’s Immigration Status

People turn to surrogacy and/or adoption in the UK or overseas in order to start or expand their families. The immigration status of a child born through surrogacy or adoption will depend on a variety of factors...

Public Funds Part 2: Claiming Child Benefit

In this second post, following on from Public Funds Part 1: Public Funds and Coronavirus we examine the one benefit that can potentially be claimed by migrants subject to the no recourse to public funds condition...

Meeting the financial requirement under Appendix FM with children

This post was written prior to the amendment to the Appendix FM financial requirement on 11 April 2024 which removed the separate child element to the minimum income requirement. To discuss a UK visa...

The Seven-Year Child Reasonableness Test - NA (Bangladesh)

The Home Office used to have a concession called DP5/96 under which there was a presumption that a child who had lived in the UK for a continuous seven year period, and their parents, should not be removed from...

Immigration Rules designed to keep families together cause families to be separated

Individuals coming to the UK for work or investment purposes, such as Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Investors, Sponsored Workers and Sole Representatives, are usually able to bring family members with them, including...