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- Overview
- Children Of British Citizens / Settled Persons
- Adopted Children Of British Citizens / Settled Persons
- Surrogate Children
- British Citizenship Applications By Children
The children of British Citizens, settled persons and other qualifying sponsors can apply for UK visa to join them and stay with them in the UK. It is easy to qualify for child visa for UK where both parents of the child are lawfully in the UK. In most cases where both parents of the child are not lawfully in the UK and are no longer in relationship with each other, the parent in the UK will have to show sole responsibility for the child to sponsor the child for UK visa.
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Specialist Solicitors For Applications By Children
Our specialist team of family visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations for all types of UK visa applications by children of the parent(s) who is/are lawfully resident in the UK. Our expert team of child visa solicitors have successfully helped hundreds of clients with applications for child visa applications. We can represent you in your child's application on fixed fee basis to call our all the work on the application until decision is made on the application by the Home Office UKVI.
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As specialist child visa solicitors, we can provide immigration advice and legal representations for following applications by children:
Children of British Citizens / Settled Persons
Children of British Citizens, settled persons and other qualifying persons can apply for UK visa to stay in the UK with the sponsoring parents. In some cases, the children may be able to apply directly for Indefinite Leave to Enter (ILE) and in other cases the children may have to apply for leave to leave to enter or remain to stay with the sponsoring parent.
Where both biological parents of the children are not lawfully resident in the UK and one of the parents is resident outside the UK, the sponsoring parent may have to demonstrate that the sponsoring parent of the child has had sole responsibility for the upbringing of the child applying to join the sponsoring parent.
Our specialist team of child visa solicitors have huge track record of successfully helping thousands of applicants with child visa applications. Our expert team of child visa solicitors can provide the required immigration advice and legal representations for a child visa application on fixed fee basis.
Following are the various applications which can be made by children to the Home Office UKVI from inside and outside the UK to stay with sponsoring parent(s) of the child who is/are British Citizen(s), settled person(s) or other qualifying parent(s) as defined in the Immigration Rules:
- Indefinite Leave To Enter (ILE) As A Child
- Entry Clearance As A Child Of A Person With Partner Visa Or Parent Visa
- ILR As A Child - SET (F) Application
- Leave To Remain As A Child Of A Person With Partner or Parent Visa
Adopted Children of British Citizens / Settled Persons
A child meeting the requirements of legal adoption or de facto adoption can apply for UK visa to join or accompany an adoptive parent who is a British Citizen or settled in the UK. Children coming to the UK as adopted children or with a view to be adopted in the UK are required to meet the eligibility requirements as set out in Part 8 of the Immigration Rules. The legal adoption of a child can include intercountry adoption, domestic adoption and Hague Convention adoption.
Our specialist team of adoption visa lawyers can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations concerning all types of applications by adopted children. We can provide fast, friendly and reliable fixed fee legal services for your child adoption visa application.
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors for adoption visa applications can provide legal help and support for following adoption visa applications:
- Entry Clearance For Indefinite Leave To Enter (ILE) As An Adopted Child
- ILR As An Adopted Child
- Entry Clearance For Limited Leave To Enter As An Adopted Child
- Application For Leave To Remain As An Adopted Child
- Entry Clearance For Leave To Enter To Be Adopted In The UK
- UK Visa To Be Adopted In The UK Under The Hague Convention
Applications By Surrogate Children
You can bring your surrogate child to the UK either by applying for British passport / nationality or by applying for an appropriate UK visa to join you in the UK. If your surrogate gives birth abroad, you can only apply for a parental order if you and your partner are living in the UK. If the child is not a UK or EU national, they will need a visa to enter the UK during this process. Using a surrogate abroad can be complicated because different countries have different rules. You may want to get legal advice or contact The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for more information.
Our specialist immigration solicitors can help you bring your surrogate child to the UK if your surrogate gives birth to your surrogate child outside the UK. Our specialist immigration lawyers can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis for applications by surrogate child of a persons who are British Citizens or settled persons.
Our specialist team of immigration solicitors for surrogate child visa applications can provide immigration advice and legal representations for following applications for surrogate children:
- British Passport Application For Surrogate Child
- Right Of Abode Application For Surrogate Child
- Indefinite Leave To Enter (ILE) For Surrogate Child
- ILR As A Surrogate Child
- Limited Leave To Enter As A Surrogate Child
- Registration Of Surrogate Child As A British Citizen
British Citizenship Applications By Children
Unless the child is a British citizen by birth, the child under the age of 18 can be registered as a British citizen by virtue of various sections of British Nationality Act 1981. As specialist solicitors for registration of children as British citizens, we can provide expert immigration advice and representations for the following applications for a child to be registered as a British citizen: