The Tier 5 allows you to bring your dependants to the United Kingdom if you have been successfully granted leave to enter/remain. The dependants must meet the requirements in the immigration rules at paragraph 319A-K of part 8, which outlines that are you are allowed to bring children under 18 years of age, or your husband, wife, civil partner, or unmarried or same-sex partner with you to the United Kingdom, as long as the Home Office give them entry clearance or permission to stay (known as 'leave to remain'). For each dependant, there is a requirement of a separate application form to be completed. 

To be eligible for permission to stay (leave to remain) as a dependant of a tier 5 worker, your dependant must show that they have enough personal funds to support themselves for the entire time of stay here.

You and your dependants should have already assessed the potential living costs, based on past living expenses, to make sure that you have enough funds to support yourselves.

If you or your dependants are unable to meet the maintenance requirements, your application will be refused.

If the main applicant under tier 5 is outside the United Kingdom or has been in the United Kingdom for less than 12 months, the family member must show that the main applicant or the dependant has at least £533 to support the dependant as well as the funds needed to support the main applicant.

If the main applicant has been present in the United Kingdom for 12 months or more, the main applicant or the family member of the tier 5 applicant must have £533 to support themselves.

For example, if you are the main applicant and you are bringing two children with you to the United Kingdom, you must have your £800 for your maintenance (funds) and £1,066 for your children, so a total of £1,866.

Conditions of stay for partners

If the application succeeds, the partner will be given entry clearance, or permission to stay, subject to the following conditions:

1.        he/she must have no recourse to public funds, which means he/she will be unable to claim most benefits paid by the state;

2.        he/she must register with the police, if paragraph 326 of the immigration rules requires him/her to do so;

3.        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

4.        as the partner of a highly skilled worker (provided that permission was not subject to a condition prohibiting employment as a doctor in training).

Children of a Tier 5 migrant must meet the conditions set out in the immigration rules at paragraph 319H of part 8. The above conditions also apply. Your dependants would be allowed to work in the United Kingdom.

Dependants may not switch into any category of the points-based system in their own right. If your dependants later want to be in the United Kingdom under the points-based system in their own right, they will have to leave the United Kingdom and apply for entry clearance (permission to enter the United Kingdom).