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Settlement – family and private life: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on applications for settlement by those on the family and private life routes.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 17 August 2022
• Last updated: 9 October 2024 — See all updates

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff decide applications for settlement by those on the family and private life routes.

This includes:

• the 5-year family settlement route for partners and parents, including provisions for bereaved partners (Appendix FM)
• the 10-year family settlement route (Appendix Family Settlement)
• the private life settlement route (Appendix Private Life)

Published 17 August 2022
Last updated 9 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 9 October 2024

   Updated to reflect the introduction of a fee waiver for bereaved partners who are destitute.

2. 31 January 2024

   Updates throughout - see 'changes from the last version of this guidance' for full details.

3. 17 August 2022

   First published.