The specified documents for a family visa depend on the visa you are applying for. These documents are as follows for the most common family visas:
Spouse, unmarried partner, and civil partner visa
For family based visas there are ‘specified documents’ which must be provided, or else your visa will likely be refused. These include:
- Financial documents, such as payslips, bank statements, letter from your employer, declaration as to the source of savings
- Marriage certificate, if applicable
In addition, the following documents are also likely to be needed:
- Evidence of conversations you have had with your partner during your relationship (phone logs, emails, chat logs, texts, Skype sessions, etc)
- Photos of you together
- Tickets from traveling to see, or with each other
- Tickets from events you attended together
- Statements from shared bank accounts
- Receipts from meals together
- Receipts from gifts you have bought each other
Ancestry Visa
- Passport
- Proof you have enough money to support yourself in the UK
- Proof and result of Tuberculosis screening
- Birth certificate
- The birth certificate of the parent and grandparent forming the basis of your application.
- The marriage certificates of your grandparents (if applicable)
- Evidence that you’re planning to work in the UK
Dependant children
- Applicant’s passport
- In colour photo for a UK visa
- Original birth certificate
- Proof of Tuberculosis screening
- Previous passports
- Proof of income to show how the dependant will be supported whilst in the UK
Dependant adults
- Medical evidence showing a physical or mental condition that prohibits them from completing everyday tasks. .
- Evidence which shows they cannot get this care in their home country.
- Evidence to show the UK sponsor is able to provide requisite care, such as bank statements or proof of stable income.
- Proof that the UK sponsor is either British or settled in the UK. Family Visit Visas
- A valid travel document (eg. passport)
- Proof you have funds to support yourself (eg. bank statements, employment details)
- Proof of a credible reason to return to the UK once your visa has expired. (eg. an existing job, study, partnership, family connections)
EEA Family Permit
- passport
- Proof of your relationship to your EEA family member (e.g a birth certificate)
- Proof that you have enough funds to support yourself without the need for public funds
