United Kingdom · National (United Kingdom)
Family
Family Visa (Child)
For a child under 18 joining or staying with a parent in the UK who holds or is applying for a qualifying status.
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Pathway overview
For a child under 18 joining or staying with a parent in the UK who holds or is applying for a qualifying status.
Verified directly from GOV.UK (the primary 'under 18 now' application path — the real extension case for someone 18 or over whose family-visa permission started when they were under 18 is a continuation of an existing grant, not a fresh eligibility path, and is not modeled here): you must be under 18 on the date you apply, live with your parent in the UK (unless living away from home for full-time education), not be married or in a civil partnership, and have a parent in the UK who holds, or is applying for, a qualifying partner/parent visa status (or has protection status).
Eligibility requirements
- Intended applicant
- Not yet confirmed in structured format
- Job offer
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- Age
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- Language
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- Experience
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Costs and financial requirements
- Main financial requirement
- Not yet confirmed in structured format
- Government fee
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Application process
Apply online, alongside or after a parent's own family visa application
Status, validity and rights
- Current status
- Open
- Initial validity
- Not yet confirmed in structured format
- Renewal
- Not yet confirmed in structured format
- Work rights
- Not yet confirmed in structured format
- Study rights
- Not yet confirmed in structured format
Family inclusion
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Permanent residence and citizenship
Permanent residence
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Citizenship
Not yet confirmed in structured format
Eligibility to apply for permanent residence or citizenship never guarantees approval.
Required documents
An official pathway-specific document checklist has not yet been confirmed in structured format.
Official sources and verification
No reviewer-confirmed official source is available for public display yet.
- Last published
- 2026-09-05
- Last source verification
- Not yet confirmed in structured format
- Effective from
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- Effective to
- No end date published
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