Parent of a Child Student visa

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Money you need

When you apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa, you must:

  • pay the application fee
  • pay the healthcare surcharge for each year of your stay
  • prove that you have enough money to support yourself and your child while you鈥檙e in the UK

Visa application fee

A Parent of a Child Student visa costs 拢637.

Healthcare surcharge

You鈥檒l also have to pay the healthcare surcharge as part of your online application. It usually costs 拢1,035 per year.

This is so you can use the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK.

You pay the surcharge as part of your online visa application.

Money to support yourself and your child

You鈥檒l need to show that you have enough money to support yourself and your child in the UK.

You鈥檒l need 拢1,560 for each month of your stay up to a maximum of 9 months. This amount is to support both you and your child.

For example, if you鈥檙e staying for 9 months or longer you鈥檒l need to prove you have 拢14,040 (9 months 脳 拢1,560).

If you want to bring your other children

You鈥檒l need an extra 拢625 per month, up to a maximum of 9 months, for each additional child that accompanies you to the UK. They must be a sibling of your other child and also have a Child Student visa.

If you鈥檙e extending your visa

If you鈥檝e been in the UK for at least 12 months on a valid visa, you do not need to prove you have money to support yourself and your child for your visa application.

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Part of Apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa: step by step

  1. Step 1 Check if you need a visa

    You might be eligible for different visas depending on why you're visiting the UK and how long for.

    1. Check if you need a visa

  2. Step 2 Prepare the evidence you need

    1. Check what you need to show evidence of
    2. Check what documents you can use as evidence
    3. If your visa is for more than 6 months, check if you need a TB test

  3. Step 3 Apply

    1. Apply for a visa and book an appointment 拢637
    2. Check where your visa appointment will be

    You should get a decision within 3 weeks of your appointment.

    You might be able to pay an extra 拢500 for a decision within 5 working days or 拢1,000 for a decision within 24 hours (not including weekends or bank holidays). Check with your visa application centre.

  4. Step 4 Attend an appointment

    1. What you need to prove at your appointment

    You'll be told when a decision has been made about your visa.

  5. Step 5 Get access to your eVisa

    If your visa allows you to stay in the UK for longer than 6 months, you'll get an eVisa. This is an online record of your immigration status.

    1. Get access to your eVisa by setting up a UKVI account

    You鈥檒l need to link your travel document to your UKVI account. This should be the travel document you use to come to the UK.

    1. You may have to prove your immigration status when you travel to the UK

  6. Step 6 Travel to the UK

    1. Check what you need to show at the UK border
    2. Check what you can bring with you

    Keep the documents that prove why you're visiting the UK in your hand luggage so you can show them if asked.

    1. Check the documents you can use to show why you're visiting the UK

  7. Step 7 After you arrive in the UK

    1. Find out how to get your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) if you were told you'd get one when you applied

    Check your visa to find out when you must leave the UK. You may be able to extend your visa if you want to stay for longer.

    1. Extend your visa

    If you break the conditions of your visa you may not be able to return to the UK again.