Family Visitor Visa UK (Upto 6 Months)

The Family Visitor visa has been replaced with the standard visitor visa. You can apply for UK standard visitor visa if you want to visit the UK for a short period of time (up to 6 Months) to see your family and friends.

One of the key factors in the visitor visa entry clearance applications is to satisfy the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) that the applicant has strong family, financial and social ties to the country of origin and therefore he will return to the country of origin upon visiting the UK.

To come to the UK as a family visitor, you must be able to show that you will be visiting the following family members in the UK:

• spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister;
• grandfather, grandmother, grandson, or granddaughter;
• spouse or civil partner's father, mother, brother or sister;
• son or daughter's spouse or civil partner;
• stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister; or
• a person you have been living within a genuine and subsisting relationship, like marriage or civil partnership, for at least 2 years before the day you apply.

UK Family Visitor visa requirements

You must meet the basic eligibility requirements to visit the UK and you must show that:

• you'll leave the UK at the end of your visit
• you're able to support yourself and your dependents during your trip (or have funding from someone else to support you)
• you're able to pay for your return or onward journey (or have funding from someone else to pay for the journey)
• you'll not live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits, or make the UK your main home

You must also meet all the other eligibility requirements. Please contact us for initial assessment to determine your eligibility, and to discuss the options.

You must have a passport or travel document that is valid for the whole of your stay in the UK.

You must also only plan to do activities in the UK that are allowed under the Standard Visitor rules.