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Personal and family visas
Visiting, studying, joining family, settling and becoming British, and staying on human rights grounds. Choose a route to see who qualifies, what you need and today’s Home Office fees.
Visiting and living in the UK
- UK Standard Visitor visa Short visits to the UK for tourism, family, business or a short course, usually for up to 6 months. from £135Home Office fee
- UK Ancestry visa For Commonwealth citizens with a grandparent born in the UK who want to live and work here, then settle. from £726Home Office fee
- British National (Overseas) visa For Hong Kong BN(O)s, their adult children and families to live, work and study in the UK, then settle. from £285Home Office fee
Study
- Child Student visa For children aged 4 to 17 with a place at an independent school in the UK, with a CAS from the school. from £558Home Office fee
- Student visa For students aged 16 or over studying at a licensed UK university, college or school with a CAS. from £558Home Office fee
- Short-term study visa For students aged 16 or over coming to the UK for an English language course of 6 to 11 months. from £228Home Office fee
- Parent of a Child Student visa For one parent who comes to live with a child aged 4 to 11 who studies at an independent school in the UK. from £726Home Office fee
Families and partners
- Spouse visa For the husband or wife of a British citizen or a person settled in the UK, with a route to settlement. from £2,064Home Office fee
- Unmarried partner visa For couples who are not married but have been in a relationship like a marriage for at least two years. from £2,064Home Office fee
- Marriage Visitor visa Coming to the UK for up to 6 months to marry, form a civil partnership or give notice, and then leave. from £135Home Office fee
- Civil partner visa For the civil partner or proposed civil partner of a British citizen or a person settled in the UK. from £2,064Home Office fee
- Children, elderly relatives and family reunion How children, elderly or dependent relatives, and the families of refugees can join relatives in the UK. from £2,064Home Office fee
Settlement and citizenship
- Indefinite leave to remain (settlement) Settling permanently in the UK after a qualifying period on a work, family or other route. from £3,226Home Office fee
- ILR based on long residence Settlement after 10 years of continuous lawful residence in the UK, on any mix of visas. from £3,226Home Office fee
- British citizenship Naturalisation as a British citizen and registration of children. from £1,709Home Office fee
- Settled and pre-settled status for EU nationals Settled and pre-settled status for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their families, including late applications.
Human rights
- Private life route (10-year route) Permission to stay for people whose life is now in the UK, based on long residence, childhood here or ties abroad. from £1,407Home Office fee
- Human rights claims Staying in the UK because removal would breach your human rights, most often your right to family and private life.
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