Bring Your Family Together in the UK
Professional immigration advice and application assistance for individuals who want to join family members or continue living together in the UK.
Your Family,
Properly Prepared
We help you understand the relevant family immigration route, assess your circumstances and prepare the supporting evidence required for your application.
Find the Right Route for Your Family
Family immigration applications can involve different requirements depending on who you are joining, your relationship, your circumstances and whether you are applying from inside or outside the UK.
We provide practical guidance to help you understand the relevant route and prepare an application that accurately reflects your circumstances.
How We Can Help
Family visa eligibility depends on the relationship and the circumstances of the applicant and the family member in the UK.
Partner & Spouse
Guidance for spouses, civil partners and eligible unmarried partners seeking to live together permanently in the UK.
Fiancé, Fiancée & Proposed Civil Partner
Assistance for applicants intending to marry or enter a civil partnership in the UK before applying to continue their stay as a partner.
Parent
Guidance for eligible parents seeking to live in the UK with a child who meets the relevant immigration requirements.
Child
Assistance with applications for eligible children joining or staying with a parent in the UK.
Adult Dependent Relative
Guidance for adults who may require long-term care from a qualifying relative living permanently in the UK.
Dependants on Other Routes
If your family member is in the UK on a work or Student visa, a dependant route may apply instead of a family visa.
Joining Your Partner in the UK
The partner route has specific requirements concerning your relationship, your partner's status in the UK, finances and English language ability.
Relationship evidence matters
Depending on your circumstances, evidence can include marriage or civil partnership documents, evidence of living together, shared financial responsibilities and other evidence of an ongoing relationship.
If you do not live together, additional evidence may be needed to demonstrate your ongoing commitment to one another.
Check official GOV.UK partner guidanceFinancial & English Requirements
Some family routes require applicants to meet financial and English language requirements. The exact requirements depend on the route and individual circumstances.
Financial Requirement
For a partner or spouse application, the current minimum income requirement is usually £29,000 a year. Different rules and exceptions can apply, including certain transitional circumstances.
Depending on the circumstances, income, savings and other permitted sources may be relevant.
English Language Requirement
Applicants on relevant family routes may need to demonstrate their knowledge of English. The required level and accepted evidence depend on the type of application.
There are exemptions and different requirements for some applicants and circumstances.
Family Applications Involving Children
Applications involving children can depend on the child's age, living arrangements, parental responsibility and the immigration status of family members in the UK.
The child's circumstances matter
Family applications involving children require careful consideration of the child's age, residence, family relationships and the status of the people involved.
Where parental responsibility or access is relevant, appropriate evidence should be prepared to support the application.
Check official GOV.UK child guidanceWhen a Family Member Needs Long-Term Care
The Adult Dependent Relative route is a specialist route with strict requirements. It may apply where an adult needs long-term personal and household care from a qualifying relative who is living permanently in the UK.
A specialist route
Adult Dependent Relative applications require detailed evidence about the applicant's care needs, available care and the circumstances of the family member in the UK.
Check official GOV.UK guidancePrepare the Right Family Visa Evidence
The evidence required depends on the route and your circumstances. Typical applications may involve relationship, identity, financial and immigration evidence.
Identity
Passport, travel document and relevant immigration status information.
Relationship
Marriage, civil partnership, birth or other appropriate evidence of the family relationship.
Financial Evidence
Where required, evidence supporting the relevant financial requirement.
Supporting Documents
Additional documents may be required depending on the route and individual circumstances.
From Family Circumstances to Application
Initial Consultation
We discuss your family circumstances, relationship and immigration history.
Assess the Route
We identify the relevant family or dependant route and key requirements.
Prepare Evidence
We assist with organising the relevant information and supporting documents.
Final Review
We help review the application before submission, where this forms part of your agreed service.
IAA-Regulated
Adviser
SLA Immigration Services provides immigration advice and assistance within the scope of its IAA authorisation.
Our services are tailored to the individual circumstances of each client. No immigration adviser can guarantee the outcome of an application.
Level 1
Advice & Assistance
Important Information
Family immigration rules and requirements can change. The information on this page is provided for general guidance and does not replace individual immigration advice.
Eligibility, financial requirements, relationship evidence and available routes depend on your individual circumstances. Appropriate advice should be obtained before submitting an application.
Let's Prepare Your Family Visa Application
Speak to our immigration adviser about your family circumstances and find out how we may be able to assist.