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Guidance

Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection): caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on children staying with or joining a close relative.

From:
Home Office
Published:
12 April 2023
Last updated:
1216 AugustJuly 2026 — See all updates

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This guidance tells decision makers how to consider applications for a child seeking to stay with or join a close relative with protection status in the UK.

Updates to this page

Published 12 April 2023
Last updated 1216 AugustJuly 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Updated to provide guidance on issuing a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV).

  2. Updated to provide guidance on issuing a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV).

  3. Guidance updated: Removal of references to Part 9: general grounds for refusal which has been replaced by Part Suitability.

  4. Updated in line with Immigration Rules changes. The previous versions, titled Child staying with or joining non-parent relative (protection), can be found in the guidance archive.

  5. Guidance updated in line with Immigration Rules changes under Appendix CNP which came into force on 8 November 2024.

  6. First published.

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Update history

2026-08-12 15:42
Updated to provide guidance on issuing a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV).

2026-07-16 10:09
Updated to provide guidance on issuing a Form for Accompanying an eVisa (FAV).

2025-11-11 00:05
Guidance updated: Removal of references to Part 9: general grounds for refusal which has been replaced by Part Suitability.

2025-04-09 09:00
Updated in line with Immigration Rules changes. The previous versions, titled Child staying with or joining non-parent relative (protection), can be found in the guidance archive.

2024-11-08 00:01
Guidance updated in line with Immigration Rules changes under Appendix CNP which came into force on 8 November 2024.

2023-04-12 01:00
First published.