Undergraduate Admissions

Which family members can be a Student dependant?

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The following family members can be Student dependants:

  • Your husband or wife
  • Your civil partner – civil partners are same sex couples who have registered their partnership to gain formal legal recognition of their relationship
  • Your unmarried or same-sex partner (to be unmarried or same sex partners, you will need to have been living together in a relationship similar to marriage or civil partnership for a period of at least two years; you will be expected to provide evidence of this)
  • In all the above cases you must both be at least 18 years old when your partner receives their visa; or when they arrive in the UK, if they have not yet come to the UK
  • Your child or children aged under 18 (if applying overseas)
  • Your child or children aged over 18 only if applying within the UK and only if they are already your dependant under the Student visa (formerly Tier 4).