You need a ‘family of a settled person’ visa if you want to stay (‘remain’) with a family member or partner (eg spouse) who’s living in the UK permanently and you’re:
• already in the UK
• from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland You can apply if you’re eligible and you need to:
• extend your existing ‘family of a settled person’ visa
• switch to a ‘family of a settled person’ visa
Your family member or partner can:
• be a British citizen
• have settled in the UK
• be your partner who has asylum or humanitarian protection in the UK You may also be able to apply to remain with your child if they have lived in the UK for at least 7 years.
You may need to apply in a different way if:
• you’re outside the UK
• your partner’s from the EEA or Switzerland
• your partner originally had a temporary visa as a worker
• you’re the victim of domestic violence or your partner has died
• you applied for a ‘family of a settled person’ visa before 9 July 2012
• you want to reunite with a partner or parent who has asylum or humanitarian protection in the UK
In addition to the above mentioned type of visas, you may also be able to apply for coming to the UK to work under the UK Ancestry Visa. You can apply for this visa if you:
• are a Commonwealth citizen
• are applying from outside the UK
• are able to prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK
• are able and planning to work in the UK
• are 17 or over
• have enough money without help from public funds to support and house yourself and any dependants
• can and plan to work in the UK

For further details and free assessment, please contact us

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