UK Visa Eligibility Checker
Source: gov.uk Official Guidance
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Or were they under 18 when you were first granted permission on this route?
Required where the child lives with their other parent
If so, the partner route applies rather than the parent route
If you are, you must apply on that route instead
7 questions still to answer
- Is the child under 18 on the date you will apply?
- Does the child live in the UK with British or Irish citizenship, settled status, or EU residency rights?
- Do you have sole or shared parental responsibility for the child?
- Does the child live with their other parent?
- Do you have agreed in-person access, or a court-ordered arrangement?
- Is the child's other parent your partner?
- Are you eligible to apply as a partner or spouse?
How an answer is produced
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What you enter
Your dates, visas, absences and circumstances.
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What we apply
The published Immigration Rules in force for those dates.
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What you see
A calculation, an explanation, and the rule it came from.
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What it cannot tell you
Whether an application will be granted, or what you should do.
What VisaExplain is not
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How we produce our answers →Where the rules come from
Every route page cites the GOV.UK page or Immigration Rules Appendix it comes from, and every calculation records which dated policy version produced it.