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1. FRP 1.1. An application for family reunion must meet the following validity requirements:
   1. (a)the applicants sponsor must currently have protection status in the UK; and
   2. (b)the applicants sponsor must not be a British Citizen; and
   3. (c)the applicant must have made an application for:
      1. (i)permission to stay under Appendix FRP while in the UK in writing; or
      2. (ii)entry clearance when outside the UK through the gov.uk website on either: Partner of someone in the UK with protection status (family reunion) or Child of someone in the UK with protection status (family reunion); and
   4. (d)the applicant must have provided any required biometric information.

FRP 1.2. A family reunion application which does not meet the validity requirements may be rejected as invalid and not considered.

1. FRP 2.1. An application for family reunion must be refused on suitability grounds where the Secretary of State:
   1. (a)has at any time decided that paragraph 339AA (exclusion from Refugee Convention), 339AC (danger to the UK), 339D (exclusion from a grant of humanitarian protection) or 339GB (revocation of humanitarian protection on grounds of exclusion) of these rules applies to the applicant; or
   2. (b)has decided that paragraph 339AA, 339AC, 339D or 339GB of these rules would apply, but for the fact that the person has not made a protection claim in the UK, or that the person has made a protection claim which was finally determined without reference to any of the relevant matters described in paragraphs 339AA, 339AC, 339D or 339GB.

FRP 2.2. The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal.

FRP 3.1 The applicant must satisfactorily establish their identity and nationality.

1. FRP 4.1. The applicant must:
   1. (a)be the partner of a person (P) who has protection status; and
   2. (b)have formed part of the family unit of P before P left the country of their habitual residence in order to seek protection; and
   3. (c)where the applicant is not married or in a civil partnership with P they must also have been living with P for at least 2 years before P left the country of their former habitual residence in order to seek protection; and
   4. (d)be in a genuine and subsisting relationship with P; and
   5. (e)not be within the prohibited degree of relationship with P which means they could not marry in the UK as set out in Appendix Relationship with Partner.

FRP 5.1. The applicant must be the child of a person (P) who has protection status or of Ps partner.