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Do the Immigration Rules, Appendix FM permit someone on a fiancé visa to enter the UK with their dependent children?

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A person can apply to enter the UK as a fiancée of a person present and settled here. They must meet the requirements set out in immigration rules, appendix fm, Section EC-P, including suitability requirements, the financial requirement, the English language requirement, and the eligibility requirement.

It is possible for children to apply as a dependant of a fiancée via ‘Section EC-C: Entry clearance as a child’ which is a route ‘for a child whose parent is applying under this Appendix for entry clearance or leave, or who has limited leave, as a partner or parent’.

The requirements to be met for the dependant child under this route are as follows:

‘Section EC-C: Entry clearance as a child

EC-C.1.1. The requirements to be met for entry

Nick Nason
Nick Nason

Director, Edgewater Legal

Nick is founder and principal lawyer at Edgewater Legal , a firm specialising in immigration solutions for individuals and small companies.

Prior to this Nick was a solicitor and in-house advocate at Luqmani Thompson & Partners (2010-2015), and before this a volunteer at Bail for Immigration Detainees (2009-2010).

In 2016, Nick took a sabbatical and spent time volunteering with the Refugee Legal Aid Program at St. Andrew's Refugee Services (StARS) in Cairo, assisting individuals making initial asylum applications to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Nick regularly writes about immigration law and policy issues for Free Movement , and was funded by the Strategic Legal Fund to provide an analysis of the legality of Operation Nexus , a collaboration between the police and immigration officials aimed at increasing the number of individuals deported from the UK.

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Immigration Rules definition
What does Immigration Rules mean?

Statements contained in House of Commons or Command Papers setting out the practice to be followed in the administration of the Immigration Act 1971 for regulating the entry into and stay in the United Kingdom of those who do not have the right of abode (including the period for which leave is given and the conditions attached in different circumstances).

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