Family Visa

You can apply for your family visa

You need a family visa to live with a family member in the UK for more than 6 months.

You can apply for from outside the UK

You can apply for a family visa to live with your:
spouse or partner
fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner
child
parent
relative who’ll provide long-term care for you
If you’re visiting the UK for 6 months or less, check if you need a Standard Visitor visa or Marriage Visitor visa.

You can apply to extend your stay with your family member if you’re already in the UK on a family visa.
You can extend at any time before your current permission to stay in the UK expires.

If you’re extending to stay with the same family member, you’ll only get up to 28 days left on your current stay added to your new visa.

You must live in the UK for a certain amount of time before you’re eligible for settlement (‘indefinite leave to remain’). Before you extend your visa, check how much time you need to settle in the UK.

You might be able to apply to stay on the basis of your private life if you’ve lived in the UK for many years already.

To discuss your immigration matter further, please contact us on office@arukvisa.co.uk or call us on 07548856403 or complete our Contact Form on our website