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Appendix Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection), is also known as Appendix CNP.
Under Appendix CNP, a child may apply for either entry clearance or permission to stay with or join their non-parent relative who has protection status in the UK and is not settled.
Under Appendix CNP, if a person wishes to stay with their non-parent relative and apply for settlement in the UK, they can apply at the same time as their non-parent relative, or after their non-parent relative is settled in the UK, providing they have or last had entry clearance or permission to stay under Appendix CNP.
There is a separate entry clearance route for a child to join a relative who is settled in the UK under paragraph 297 of Part 8.
Validity requirements for entry clearance or permission to stay with or join a non-parent relative
- CNP 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay with or join their non-parent relative in the UK must apply on the GOV.UK website on the specified form as follows:
- (a) for applicants outside the UK, form Child of a non-parent relative with protection status in the UK; or
- (b) for applicants in the UK, form FLR (P).
- CNP 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay with or join a non-parent relative in the UK must meet all the following requirements:
- (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
- (b) the applicant must have provided biometrics when required; and
- (c) the applicant must have satisfactorily established their identity and nationality; and
- (d) the applicants non-parent relative must currently have protection status in the UK; and
- (e) the applicant must be under the age of 18 on the date of application.
CNP 1.3. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for entry clearance or permission to stay with or join a non-parent relative in the UK may be rejected as invalid and not considered.
Suitability requirements for entry clearance or permission to stay with or join a non-parent relative
CNP 2.1. The decision maker must be satisfied that the applicant should not be refused under Part 9: grounds for refusal.
Eligibility requirements for entry clearance or permission to stay with or join a non-parent relative
- CNP 3.1. The applicant must meet the following requirements for a dependent child in Appendix Children:
- (a) independent life requirement; and
- (b) care requirement; and
- CNP 3.2. The decision maker must be satisfied that the applicant has no family other than the non-parent relative in the UK that could reasonably be expected to support or care for them.
CNP 4.1. The decision maker must be satisfied that the applicant has an existing, genuine family relationship with their non-parent relative in the UK.
CNP 4.2. The non-parent relative must be a close relative of the applicant.
CNP 5.1. The non-parent relative in the UK must be able to provide adequate maintenance and accommodation for the applicant without reliance on public funds.
CNP 5.2. The applicant must provide evidence of funds as specified in Appendix FM-SE.
CNP 6.1. Where the applicant does not meet all the suitability or eligibility requirements (subject to CNP 6.2), the decision maker must be satisfied that refusal of the application would not breach Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention because it would result in unjustifiably harsh consequences for the applicant or their family.
CNP 6.2. Where CNP 6.1. applies and the decision maker is satisfied that the applicant should
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