This information relates to making a dependant partner/spouse/child visa application inside the UK (permission to stay). If you're outside of the UK please see our page on dependant visa applications ...

Following its policy to make US visas stricter, the Donald Trump administration is making the US visa-vetting system tighter. The US State Dept announced recently that all H-1B workers and their H-4 ...

If your child dependant does not meet the above, they must meet one of the following requirements. Be a child born during your current period of permission to study a full-time course of six months or ...

Following changes to the Student visa route, students starting courses on or after 1 January 2024 can only have dependants in the UK if they are studying PhD, other doctoral qualification, or research ...

Can you please confirm if we can transfer parents coming on visit visa to dependent visa. My parents are on visit visa sponsored by my wife (She is working in MOH as a Staff Nurse). Can we change the ...

For dependant children, both parents must each be either applying at the same time as the applicant or have permission to be in the UK (other than as a visitor), unless the parent with permission as a ...

New USCIS policy increases the risk of dependent children aging out of H-4 status at 21 due to administrative delays, impacting their education. As of 2025, the US remains a top choice for foreign ...

If your dependents are outside the US, they do not need to file any application with USCIS and do not need their own USCIS approval notices in order to apply for their first visa to enter the US.