Adult Dependent Relative Visa
What Is an Adult Dependent Relative Visa?
Understanding the UK Adult Dependent Relative Visa: Who It's For & How It Works
The applicant must require long-term personal care to perform everyday tasks due to age, illness or disability and that care must be either not available or not affordable in the country where the applicant is living.
The applicant must apply for and obtain entry clearance as an Adult Dependent Relative before their arrival in the UK.
Who Can Apply for an Adult Dependent Relative Visa?
UK Adult Dependent Relative Visa Requirements: Are You Eligible?
This route enables close family from overseas who need to come to the UK to be cared for by a person settled in the UK.
The applicant themselves must be a close relative of the UK-based person; either their:
- Parent aged 18 years or over
- Grandparent
- Brother or sister aged 18 years or over, or
- Son or daughter aged 18 years or over
The ADR guidance states that where the applicant is the sponsor’s parent or grandparent, the applicant cannot be in a relationship with a partner. The only exception to this rule is if the partner is also the sponsor’s parent or grandparent, and they are also applying to come to the UK with them.
What Are the Requirements for an Adult Dependent Relative Visa?
Meeting the UK ADR Visa Requirements: What You Need to Prove
- The applicant, or if the applicant is applying as a parent or grandparent, the applicant’s partner, must as a result of age, illness or disability require long-term personal care to perform everyday tasks.
- Where the application is for entry clearance, the applicant, or if the applicant is applying as a parent or grandparent, the applicant’s partner, must be unable to obtain the required level of care in the country where they are living, even with the financial help of the sponsor because either: (a) the care is not available and there is no person in that country who can reasonably provide it, or (b) the care is not affordable.
- The sponsor must be able to provide adequate maintenance, accommodation and care for the applicant in the UK without access to public funds.
- The sponsor must provide evidence of income or cash savings sufficient to show they can meet the financial requirement.
How to Apply for an Adult Dependent Relative Visa?
UK Adult Dependent Relative Visa Application Process: How to Get Approved?
A person applying for an Adult Dependent Relative must prepare the information and documents required for the application.
A person applying for an Adult Dependent Relative must apply online on the gov.uk website and complete the Adult Dependent Relative visa application form.
An application must meet all the following requirements:
- Any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid; and
- The applicant must have provided biometrics when required; and
- The applicant must have provided a passport or other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
- The applicant and their sponsor must both be aged 18 or over at the date of application.
UK Adult Dependent Relative Visa Fees
How Much Does a UK Adult Dependent Relative Visa Cost?
How much it costs depends on what permission your relative has.
If they have temporary ‘protection status’ (permission to stay as a refugee or with humanitarian protection) it costs:
- £424 if you’re applying from outside the UK
- £1,321 if you’re applying from inside the UK
Otherwise, it costs:
- £3,413 if you’re applying from outside the UK
- £1,321 if you’re applying from inside the UK
Applicants may also need to pay the immigration healthcare surcharge (to provide access to the National Health Service – NHS). This is £1,035 per year.
UK Adult Dependent Relative Visa Processing Time
How Fast Can You Get an Adult Dependent Relative Visa? Processing Times Explained
- If you apply outside the UK, you’ll usually get a decision within 12 weeks.
- If you apply inside the UK, you’ll usually get a decision within 8 weeks.
You cannot use the super priority service if you’re applying as an adult coming to be cared for by a relative.
What to Do If Your Adult Dependent Relative Visa Is Refused?
How to Appeal a UK Adult Dependent Relative Visa Refusal?
It is important to understand that the UK Adult Dependent Relative visa is only issued in limited circumstances where all the above eligibility rules are met. This is why it is so important to provide plenty of evidence to support the application and to make it clear that there is a genuine need to come to the UK to be cared for by a close relative.
Applications are often refused for a wide range of reasons, including where the Home Office considers that:
- The applicant can access the care they need in their home country
- The applicant has other family or other individuals available to provide the care they need in their home country
- The applicant does not have genuine long-term care needs
- The sponsor does not have the financial means or accommodation to provide care to the applicant
If your application is refused, your available options will be explained to you in your Home Office decision letter. Depending on the reasons for your refusal, you may have the right to appeal the decision to the First-Tier Immigration Tribunal. To do so, you must lodge an appeal at the First-tier Tribunal within 28 days from the date you receive the refusal.
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