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Parent of a Child Visa: Settlement Eligibility and Requirements

In This Article 1. Overview of the Parent of a Child Visa and Settlement (ILR) Eligibility 2. Parental Relationship Requirement for ILR 3. Sole Responsibility Requirement for Settlement 4. Demonstrating Direct Access...

Understanding Sole Responsibility in Immigration Law

The concept of ‘sole responsibility’ is found in Appendix FM and Part 8 of the Immigration Rules. Careful analysis of the circumstances of a child’s upbringing is essential to work out whether this can be...

Home Office’s Policy on Children Found “Untenable”

In this post, I will unpack the recently promulgated case of SR (subsisting parental relationship – s117B(6)) Pakistan [2018] UKUT 00334 (IAC) (5 September 2018), which distills two important...

The Meaning of ‘Sole Responsibility’ - Is TD (Yemen) Still Fit For Purpose?

The Requirement to prove ‘sole responsibility’ on the part of a Sponsor in the UK for a child applying to enter the UK appears in Part 8 of the Rules (where the parent is present and settled) and under Appendix...