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What relatives might qualify under this type of application?
Parents, grandparents and other dependent relatives (meaning son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle or aunt over the age of 18) of a person settled in the UK may qualify
What are the other requirements?
- If both parents are coming for settlement one of them has to be aged 65 or over at the date of application.
- A mother or a grandmother is allowed settlement if she is a widow and is aged 65 or over at the date of application.
- A father or a grandfather is allowed settlement if he is a widower and is aged 65 or over at the date of application.
- A parent or a grandparent who is under the age of 65 is allowed settlement if it is shown that he or she is living outside the United Kingdom in the most exceptional compassionate circumstances and is mainly dependent on the relation settled in the UK.
- A parent or grandparent aged 65 or over who has remarried is allowed settlement in the UK if it is shown that he or she cannot look to the spouse or the children of the second marriage for financial support and that the relation (the sponsor) settled in the UK is able and willing to maintain the parent or grandparent and their dependants.
- A son, daughter, sister, brother, uncle or aunt over the age of 18 is allowed to enter the UK if living alone outside the United Kingdom in the most exceptional compassionate circumstances.
- All relatives described above must show that they are financially wholly or mainly dependent on the relative (the sponsor) in the U.K.
- They must also show that their sponsoring child/grandchild in the U.K. can and will maintain and accommodate them without recourse to public funds.
- They must also show that there is no close relative in their own country to turn to for financial support.
What does ‘most exceptional compassionate circumstances’ mean?
It is impossible to define this phrase with any clarity but it is a very difficult requirement to meet. It makes it very difficult for a dependent relative to enter the UK if he or she (or his or her spouse, if the spouse is also seeking entry) is under the age of 65.
How to apply ?
Applications for entry clearance should be made at the nearest British post abroad.
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