Private life: caseworker guidance
ThisImmigration staff guidance tellson decision makers how to consider applications for permission to stay in the UK on the basis of private life.
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HowUK toVisas and Immigration guidance on how staff should consider applications for permission to stay in the UK on the basis of private life, made by:
- a person who arrived in the UK as an adult
- a person who arrived in the UK as a child
- a person who is now over 18 who arrived in the UK as a child
It also tells decision makers how to deal with applications from a dependent child born in the UK to a person on the private life route.
Last updated 25 May 2023 + show all updates
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This guidance has been updated to: include links to new guidance covering access to public funds; remove information relating to police registration; include guidance about consideration of compelling compassionate factors.
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First published.
Update history
2025-05-06 16:13
Updated to clarify the approach to be taken to young adults who meet the requirements of Appendix FM and Appendix Private Life, and the policy in relation to requests for longer periods of permission (or settlement).
2024-10-18 15:43
Updated to clarify how to consider cases where an applicant has spent time in detention following a conviction and to clarify that the requirement for a child applying as a dependent of a person on the private life route to have been born in the UK has moved from validity to eligibility.
2023-05-25 10:01
This guidance has been updated to: include links to new guidance covering access to public funds; remove information relating to police registration; include guidance about consideration of compelling compassionate factors.
2022-06-20 00:15
First published.