Your adopted child can apply for entry clearance for limited leave to enter to join you in the UK or accompany you to the UK as adopted child of a British Citizen / Settled Person. An application for UK visa as an adopted child for limited leave to enter is made with a view to settle in the UK.

Specialist Adopted Child Visa Solicitors

Our expert team of child visa solicitors in London specialise in child visa entry clearance applications. Our specialist child visa solicitors have successfully helped thousands of clients with the child visa entry clearance applications. Our best team of child visa solicitors can provide fast, friendly, reliable and fixed fee immigration services concerning your child visa entry clearance application. Ask a question to our expert child visa solicitors for free immigration advice or submit an online request to book an appointment for detailed legal advice for your child visa entry clearance application.

Eligibility Requirements For Limited Leave To Enter As An Adopted Child

According to paragraph 314 of the Immigration Rules, the requirements to be met in the case of a child seeking limited leave to enter the United Kingdom with a view to settlement as the adopted child of a parent or parents given limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom with a view to settlement are that:

• The child is seeking leave to enter to accompany or join a parent or parents in one of the following circumstances:
  • one parent is present and settled in the United Kingdom or being admitted on the same occasion for settlement and the other parent is being or has been given limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom with a view to settlement; or
  • one parent is being or has been given limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom with a view to settlement and has had sole responsibility for the child’s upbringing; or
  • one parent is being or has been given limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom with a view to settlement and there are serious and compelling family or other considerations which make exclusion of the child undesirable and suitable arrangements have been made for the child’s care; or
  • in the case of a de facto adoption one parent has a right of abode in the United Kingdom or indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom and is seeking admission to the United Kingdom on the same occasion for the purpose of settlement; and
• The child is under the age of 18; and
• The child is not leading an independent life, is unmarried and is not a civil partner, and has not formed an independent family unit; and
• The child can, and will, be accommodated and maintained adequately without recourse to public funds in accommodation which the adoptive parent or parents own or occupy exclusively; and
• The child was adopted in accordance with a decision taken by the competent administrative authority or court in his country of origin or the country in which he is resident, being a country whose adoption orders are recognised by the United Kingdom; or
• The child is the subject of a de facto adoption; and
• The child was adopted at a time when:
  • both adoptive parents were resident together abroad; or
  • either or both adoptive parents were settled in the United Kingdom; and
• The child has the same rights and obligations as any other child of the adoptive parent’s or parents’ family; and
• The child was adopted due to the inability of the original parent(s) or current carer(s) to care for him and there has been a genuine transfer of parental responsibility to the adoptive parents; and
• The child has lost or broken his ties with his family of origin; and
• The child was adopted, but the adoption is not one of convenience arranged to facilitate his admission to the United Kingdom.

How Can We Help?

The immigration solicitors at Sunrise Solicitors are experts in dealing with applications for entry clearance for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child. The quality of our service is self-evident from the clients’ reviews about the service provided by our immigration lawyers. You can contact us if you are seeking legal help from immigration lawyers in London in relation to your Entry Clearance Application for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child and our immigration solicitors will provide you fast, friendly, reliable, honest and professional immigration service.

If instructed to represent you regarding your Entry Clearance application for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child, the casework to be carried out by our immigration solicitors will include the following:

• Taking detailed instructions from you and advising you about the relevant immigration laws and procedures to be adopted by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) in your entry clearance application for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child;
• Discussing your Limited Leave to Enter application in detail with you and advising you about the weaknesses and strengths of your application for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child;
• Advising you about the documentary evidence to be submitted in support of your entry clearance application for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child;
• Checking all the relevant documents to ensure that the documents to be submitted in support of the application are in accordance with the Home Office, UKVI requirements;
• Arranging for the property inspection report for the accommodation occupied by the UK sponsor to comply with the Home Office requirement of adequate accommodation;
• Completing the online application form for Entry Clearance for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child and discussing the same with you;
• Submitting the entry clearance application form online and arranging an appointment for you to hand over your application at a designated application centre;
• Preparing a sponsorship declaration for the UK sponsor to confirm his/her relationship to the applicant and to confirm that the UK sponsor will maintain and accommodate the applicant in the UK without public funds, if necessary;
• Preparing detailed statement of the applicant or the UK sponsor, if necessary, to explain the background of their relationship and covering the potential issues in the case;
• Preparing a cover letter to introduce and support the Entry Clearance application for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child wherein our immigration solicitors will explain in detail how all the requirements of the rules are being met for Limited Leave to Enter to be granted by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO);
• Liaising with the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO), if necessary, for a timely decision on the Limited Leave to Enter application;
• Protecting your interests while your Entry Clearance application for Limited Leave to Enter as an adopted child is pending with the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) and making further representations in support of the application, if necessary;
• Doing all the follow up work until decision is reached on your Entry Clearance application.

Our Fixed Fees For Entry Clearance For Limited Leave To Enter As An Adopted Child

Our fixed fees for entry clearance application as an adopted child are as given in the fee table below:

The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the adopted child visa visa entry clearance application and the volume of casework involved in the application. In addition to our fixed fee for the adopted child visa entry clearance, the applicant also has to pay the Home office UKVI fees for the UK visa entry clearance application.