The Home Office allows certain relatives to come to the United Kingdom if you have permanent residency in the UK. This does not include husbands, wives, civil partners and children under 18 (you would need to read relevant sections).

ICS Legal are able to advise and suppot in preparing these types of applications. The onus is on the applicant to satisfy the requirements of the Immigration Rules HC395.

If you are a permanent resident of the United Kingdom, the following relatives can apply to join you here:

• widowed mothers and widowed fathers aged 65 or over; and
• parents or grandparents who are travelling together, if one of them is aged 65 or over.

In certain circumstances, the following relatives may be allowed to join you here:

• sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, uncles and aunts over the age of 18; and
• parents and grandparents under the age of 65.

To qualify to have your relatives join you in the United Kingdom, you must currently live in the United Kingdom and be settled here with no time limit on your stay. Your relative must show that:

• he/she is completely, or mainly, financially dependent on you;
• he/she does not have any other close relatives in his/her own country who can support him/her financially; and
• you have enough money to support and accommodate him/her without help from public funds.

If there are exceptional compassionate circumstances, children over 18, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles and parents and grandparents under the age of 65 who live alone may come if they meet the requirements given above.

The application for an entry clearance must be made outside the United Kingdom and must be made in the nearest British diplomatic post. If the permission is granted, then they may be granted limited leave or indefinite leave to remain.