Apply for Leave to Remain as a Child of a Person With Partner/Parent Visa

: Written by: Arshad Mahmood; Last Updated: 14 April 2026

You can apply for switching into leave to remain as a child under the age of 18 if you are already in the UK and your parent has leave to remain in the UK under the partner or parent visa category. An application for leave to remain as a child in this category will be made in accordance with the eligibility requirements as set out in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. An application for leave to remain as a child can be submitted to the Home Office UKVI using the Super Priority Service to obtain a decision within 24 hours.

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Our specialist team of child visa solicitors can provide 5 minutes of free, one-off immigration advice regarding your child's application for leave to remain. Ask a question online to our specialist team of child visa solicitors for free immigration advice online, or book an appointment online for detailed immigration advice and consultation with one of our child visa solicitors concerning your child's application for leave to remain.

Eligibility Requirements for Leave to Remain as a Child

For the application for leave to remain as a child under the age of 18 of a person who has leave to enter or remain as a partner or parent, the child:

must be in the UK;
must have made a valid application for leave to remain as a child;
must not fail the suitability requirement;
must meet the financial requirement as set in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules;
must provide evidence that there will be adequate accommodation, without recourse to public funds, for the family (including family members not included in the application who live in the same household);
must meet the suitability criteria as set out in Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.

Grant of Leave to Remain as a Child

If the child meets the requirements for leave to remain, they will be granted leave to remain for a period in line with their (non-settled) parent.

In most cases, the child would be making an application for leave to remain at the same time as the child's parent is making an application for renewal of leave to remain as a partner or parent. If the child is applying under this category at the same time as his/her parent is applying for renewal, the child will be included on the parent's application form.

Super Priority Service for Leave to Remain as a Child

As specialist child visa solicitors based in London, we are registered with the Home Office, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) to provide Super Priority Service for an application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa, whereby decision on your application will be made within 24 hours if you submit your application through Super Priority Service.

Our child visa solicitors can prepare and submit your application faster and secure a decision sooner through Super Priority Service. This way, you will not have to wait months (sometimes years) for a decision on your application.

How Can We Help?

Our specialist team of child visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representation on a fixed-fee basis in relation to your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa. Our fixed fee for your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with partner or parent visa will cover all the work of our child visa solicitors on your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with partner or parent visa until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with partner or parent visa. The casework to be carried out by our child visa solicitors in relation to your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa will entail the following:

Advice on requirements: Our child visa solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa to succeed.

Advice on documents: Our immigration lawyers will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa.

Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to ensure that all documents you provide in support of your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa comply with the Immigration Rules.

Completing the application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant application form for your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa.

Submitting application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our immigration lawyers will submit your online application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa through super priority service to get a faster decision on your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa.

Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa, our immigration lawyers will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.

Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist child visa solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa, explaining how all the legal requirements are met for the approval of your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa.

Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our immigration lawyers will upload all supporting documents online to support your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa.

Follow-up work: Our immigration lawyers will handle all follow-up until the Home Office UKVI issues a decision on your application for leave to remain as a child of a person with a partner or parent visa.

Specialist Child Visa Solicitors

Our child visa solicitors are specialists in applications for leave to remain for children. As one of the best child visa solicitors, we have an excellent track record of helping clients obtain leave to remain for their child. Our highly experienced and fully qualified child visa solicitors can provide fast, friendly, reliable, and fixed-fee immigration advice and legal representation for your child's ILR application.

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