Parent Of A Child Student Visa UK

You can apply for parent of a child student visa UK if your child is under the age of 12 and is applying for or already has Child Student visa for UK. You can stay in the UK on parent of a child student visa until your child’s visa expires or they turn 12, whichever happens first. You can extend your visa while in the UK as long as you meet the eligibility requirements.

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis for your application for UK visa as a parent of a Child Student. Ask a question to our expert student visa solicitors for free immigration advice online or book an appointment online for detailed immigration advice and consultation for your application for UK visa as a parent of a child student.

Entry Clearance For Parent Of A Child Student Visa UK

You can apply for entry clearance for parent of a child student visa from outside the UK as a parent of a child who is under the age of 12 and who is either applying for Child Student visa UK or already has Child Student visa. The UK Immigration Rules do not allow a person to apply for switching into parent of a child student visa from inside the UK and the initial application has to be submitted from outside the UK. Once in the UK on parent of a child student visa, you can apply for extension of your parent of a child student visa from inside the UK.

Requirements For Parent Of A Child Student Visa

A person apply for entry clearance for parent of a child student visa from outside the UK should meet the following requirements of the Immigration Rules:

• The applicant must submit a valid entry clearance application for parent of a child student visa from outside the UK;
• Your child must be aged between 4 and 11 when you apply, and be attending an independent school in the UK;
• You must be the only parent accompanying your child in the UK. The child’s other parent must live abroad, and cannot apply to join you in the UK;
• You must have enough money to support yourself and your child in the UK;
• You must maintain your main home outside the UK;
• You plan to leave the UK when your visa expires;
• Your application should not fall for refusal under general grounds for refusal;
• You must provide Tuberculosis Test certificate if you are national of a country listed in Appendix T of the Immigration Rules.

Money To Support Yourself and Your Child

To succeed in your entry clearance application for parent of a child student visa, you will need to show that you have enough money to support yourself and your child in the UK. You will need £1,560 for each month of your stay up to a maximum of 9 months. This amount is to support both you and your child. For example, if you are staying for 9 months or longer you will need to prove you have £14,040 (9 months × £1,560).

You will need an extra £625 per month, up to a maximum of 9 months, for each additional child that accompanies you to the UK. They must be a sibling of your other child and also have a Child Student visa.

Extension Of Parent Of A Child Student Visa UK

You can apply to extend your visa while in the UK as long as you and your child meet the eligibility requirements. This includes if your child currently has a child student visa. You must apply for extension of your parent of a child student visa online before your current visa expires.  When you extend your parent of a child student visa you can stay in the UK until the date your child’s student visa expires or they turn 12, whichever happens first.

If you have been in the UK for at least 12 months on a valid visa, you do not need to prove you have money to support yourself and your child for your parent of a child student visa extension application.

How Can We Help?

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis in relation to your application. Our fixed fee for your immigration application will cover all the work of our immigration solicitors on your immigration application until a decision is made by the Home Office UKVI on your application. The casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors in relation to your immigration application will entail the following:

Advice on requirements: Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your immigration application 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 immigration application;

Assessment of documents: Our immigration lawyers will assess your documents to make sure that all the documents you provide in support of your application are in accordance with the requirement of the immigration rules.

Completing application form: Our immigration lawyers will complete the relevant application form your immigration application.

Submitting application through Priority or Super Priority Service: Where possible, our immigration lawyers will submit your online immigration application through priority or super priority service to get faster decision on your immigration application.

Booking an appointment with the application centre: After the online submission of your immigration application, our immigration lawyers will book your appointment with the application centre for you to enrol your biometrics.

Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the immigration application to explain all the relevant legal requirements and how such requirements have been satisfied by the applicant with the documents being submitted with the application.

Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our immigration lawyers will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of the immigration application.

Follow up work: Our immigration lawyers will carry out all the follow up work until decision by the Home Office UKVI on the immigration application.

Our Fixed Fees For Parent Of A Child Student Visa UK

• Our immigration solicitors will charge a fixed fee ranging from £1,000 to £1,500 (no VAT) for your entry clearance or extension of stay application as a parent of a child student. The agreed fixed will depend on the complexity of the application and the volume of work involved in the application for parent of a child visa UK.
• Our fixed fee for the application does not cover any disbursements e.g. UKVI fee for the application and the applicant has to separately pay the Home office UKVI fees for the application.