The Parent of a Child Student Visa will allow one parent to stay in the UK to take care of their child attending independent fee-paying school under a Child Student Visa. Parent of a Child Student Visa holders are not permitted to work or study in the UK.
Eligibility
The exact requirements to be met vary depending on the applicant's circumstance, but the general requirements are as follows:
• Applicants must be aged 18 or over.
• Applicants are the parent of a child who has or is at the same time applying for a Child Student Visa.
• The Child Student’s other parent is not in the UK and is not seeking to come to the UK
• The Child Student is aged between 4 and 11 years old and has or is at the same time applying for a Child Student visa
• Applicants must intend to live with a Child Student during their stay in the UK.
• Applicants must have enough funds to support themselves without relying on public funds.
• Applicants must have no intention to make the UK their main home and must have sufficient funds to maintain their home outside the UK.
• Only one parent is permitted to travel to the UK on a Parent of a Child Student Visa, even where multiple children are attending school. The other parent may be able to enter as a visitor for short visits or would need to make an application under a different category of visas.
Financial requirements
Applicants must have funds to stay for up to a maximum of 9 months based on a minimum of £1,560 for each month, plus £625 for each month of your intended stay up to a maximum of 9 months for any child other than the Child Student who will be under your care in the UK.
The funds are needed to be held for at least 28 consecutive days ending not more than 31 days before the date of the application.
If the applicant is applying together with the Child Student for both visas where they have both lived in the UK for less than 12 months then the applicant will satisfy the financial requirement if the Child Student satisfies the financial requirement applicable to their application.
Switching into the Parent of a Child Student inside the UK
If you currently have a valid visa to stay in the UK, you can apply to switch into the Parent of a Child Student route unless you have been staying as a Visitor, Short-term Student, or outside the Immigration Rules.
Duration of Stay
If the application is successful, you will be granted a one-year and the extension can be made until the Child Student’s 12th birthday. If the visa expires sooner than the 12th birthday, the period of stay will be granted only until the date of expiry of the child.