Your dependants can apply to enter/leave to remain in the United Kingdom. A dependant is your husband, wife or civil partner; or your unmarried or same-sex partner; or your child aged under 18 years old. Your dependants can be over 18 years old if they are in the United Kingdom now as dependants.

Your dependants can apply for permission on their own if they want. They will need to meet the requirements of the immigration category that they want to apply under.

If their application is successful, your dependant will be given permission to come or stay in the United Kingdom, as long as:

• they have no access to public funds, which means they will be unable to claim most benefits paid by the state;
• they must register with the police, if paragraph 326 of the immigration rules requires them to do so;
• as the spouse, civil partner, unmarried, or same-sex partner of a migrant given permission to stay under parts 3, 5 or 6 of the immigration rules; or
• as the partner of a points-based system worker (provided that permission was not subject to a condition preventing them working as a doctor in training).

The Home Office allows your dependants to work in the United Kingdom, without applying for permission.