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Ukraine Family Scheme

Ukrainian nationals can now apply to join their family members in the UK, where they will be allowed to apply for public funds and work.


Applicants can apply at a visa application centre in any country they can travel to safely, as the visa application centre in Kyiv is now closed. A biometric scan will be taken at the centre as part of you application. Applicants will be subject to security checks.


Visa will be granted for 3 years.


Family members must be one of the following:

  • a British national

  • someone settled in the UK

  • someone from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland with pre-settled status

  • someone with refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK

You must provide evidence that your UK-based family member is one of the following:

  • an immediate family member (spouse or civil partner, unmarried partner, child who is under 18, parent or fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner)

  • an extended family member (parent over 18, child who is over 18, grandparent, grandchild or your partner’s grandchild, brother or sister or an immediate family member of an extended family member)

  • An immediate family member of an extended family (spouse or civil partner of an extended family member, child under 18 of an extended family member, parent of a child under 18 who is an extended family member or fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner of an extended family member)






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