Resource Type: Family and Personal Migration

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association Working Group on Family and Personal Migration

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Parental responsibility: birth parents, adoption and surrogacy: caseworker guidance (3 March 2026). 

Restructured and reworded to improve understanding of how to confirm parental consent for first time, renewal and replacement child applications.

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Apply for the migrant victims of domestic abuse concession (26 February 2026).

Published a new version of the form: migrant victims of domestic abuse concession to update the declaration.

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Apply for permission to stay in the UK as a child of a close relative with protection status in the UK: FLR(P) (26 February 2026).

Updated form FLR(P) and the fee waiver request form: FLR(P) applications to update the declaration and remove the verification section.

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

Right of abode: caseworker guidance (24 February 2026).

Updated the declaration in form SET(GT).

ILPA documents | Key Documents

ILPA Letter to Home Office Re: Ongoing flight disruptions across the Middle East (5 March 2026)

ILPA sent the below letter to the Home Office in relation to the ongoing travel disruptions and delays across the Middle East, requesting an update and clarification regarding the current […]

Home Office Documents | Key Documents

UKVI External Relations February 2026 newsletter (26 February 2026)

The February 2026 Stakeholder newsletter from UKVI’s External Relations Team can be downloaded below. It provides information under the following headings:

ILPA Blog | Family and Personal Migration

International Surrogacy: Family Court warns individuals to take immigration and nationality law advice before entering arrangements

BY ALEXANDER FINCH AND KEELIN MCCARTHY Recent years have seen a steady rise in UK nationals and residents entering into surrogacy arrangements overseas. However, with no over-arching international agreement to […]

Minutes | Family and Personal Migration

Summary of ILPA Family & Personal Migration Working Group Meeting (4 February 2026)

ILPA documents | Key Documents

ILPA Response to the Government’s Consultation on Earned Settlement (9 February 2026)

ILPA submitted the below response to the Government’s public consultation on Earned Settlement on 9 February 2026.