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1. ADR 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay as an Adult Dependent Relative must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form as follows:
   1. (a) for applicants outside the UK, form Join or accompany a family member; or
   2. (b) for applicants in the UK, form Further leave to remain Immigration Rules.

1. ADR 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay as an Adult Dependent Relative must meet all the following requirements:
   1. (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid (unless the applicant has been granted a fee waiver in whole or part); and
   2. (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
   3. (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality; and
   4. (d) the applicant and their sponsor must both be over the age of 18 at the date of application.

ADR 1.3. An applicant applying for permission to stay must be in the UK on the date of application and must have, or have last been granted, entry clearance or permission to stay as an Adult Dependent Relative.

ADR 1.4. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for the Adult Dependent Relative route may be rejected and not considered.

1. ADR 2.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under the suitability grounds set out in:
   1. (a) S-EC.1.2 to S-EC.1.8. and S-EC 2.2 to S-EC 3.2. of Appendix FM if applying for entry clearance; or
   2. (b) S-LTR.1.2. to S-LTR. 2.1 and S-LTR.3.1 to S-LTR.4.5. of Appendix FM if applying for permission to stay.

1. ADR 2.2. If applying for permission to stay, the applicant must not be:
   1. (a) in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
   2. (b) on immigration bail.

Entry requirements for an Adult Dependent Relative

ADR 3.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as an Adult Dependent Relative must apply for and obtain entry clearance as an Adult Dependent Relative before they arrive in the UK.

ADR 3.2. A person applying for entry clearance as an Adult Dependent Relative must, if paragraph A39 and Appendix T of these rules apply, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.

Relationship requirements for an Adult Dependent Relative

1. ADR 4.1. An applicant applying for entry clearance or permission to stay as an Adult Dependent Relative must be one of the following:
   1. (a) the parent; or
   2. (b) the grandparent; or
   3. (c) the son or daughter; or
   4. (d) the brother or sister,
2. of a person in the UK (the sponsor).

1. ADR 4.2. The sponsor of the applicant must be one of the following:
   1. (a) a British Citizen; or
   2. (b) settled in the UK; or
   3. (c) in the UK with protection status; or
   4. (d) an EEA national with limited leave to enter or remain granted under paragraph EU3 of Appendix EU on the basis of meeting condition 1 in paragraph EU14 of that Appendix.

ADR 4.3. Where the applicant is applying for permission to stay, the sponsor must be the same person who sponsored the applicant when they were last granted entry clearance or permission as an Adult Dependent Relative.

Dependency requirements for an Adult Dependent Relative

ADR 5.1. The applicant must, as a result of age, illness or disability, require long-term personal care to perform everyday tasks.

ADR 5.2. If the applicant is the sponsors parent or grandparent, the applicant must not be in a subsisting relationship with a partner, unless that partner is also the sponsors parent or grandparent and is applying for entry clearance or permission to stay at the same time as the applicant.

1. ADR 5.3. Where the application is for entry clearance, the applicant must be unable to obtain the required level of care in the country where they are living, even with the financial help of the sponsor because either:
   1. (a) the care is not available and there is no person in that country who can reasonably provide it: or
   2. (b) the care is not affordable.

Financial requirement for an Adult Dependent Relative

ADR 6.1. The sponsor must be able to provide adequate maintenance, accommodation and care for the applicant in the UK without access to public funds.

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