UK Ancestry Visa

Overview

​You can apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you’re one of the following:

• a Commonwealth citizen
• a British overseas citizen
• a British overseas territories citizen
• a British national (overseas)
• a citizen of Zimbabwe
• You must also prove one of your grandparents was born in the UK,
• the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man
• meet the other eligibility requirements

How long you can stay

• You can stay in the UK for 5 years on this visa.
• Applying to stay longer in the UK
• If you’ve lived in the UK for 5 years on this visa, you may be able to either:
• apply to extend your visa for a further 5 years
• apply to settle permanently in the UK (apply for ‘indefinite leave to remain’)

​Eligibility

​You must prove that you:

• are 17 or over
• enough money without help from public funds to support &
• house yourself and any dependants
• can and plan to work in the UK

​Your ancestry

​You must show that you have a grandparent born in one of the following circumstances:

• in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
• before 31 March 1922 in what is now Ireland on a ship or aircraft that was either registered in the UK or belonged to the UK government

You can claim ancestry if:

• you or your parent were adopted
• your parents or grandparents were not married
• You cannot claim UK ancestry through step-parents.

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