I hope this has not been asked too many times before, but...

My wife can apply for a "Family Visitor", but her son (she has sole custody), who lives with us full time and is my unadopted stepson, will have to apply as a General Visitor I think! Is this correct? It seems a little mad...

I am reading what it says for Family Visitor, and can't see how he qualifies:

"The family members you are visiting must be permanently settled or have asylum/humanitarian protection status in the

UK. They must also be related to you in one of the following ways:

- Spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister;

- Grandfather, grandmother, grandson or granddaughter;

- Spouse or civil partner’s father, mother, brother or sister;

- Son or daughter’s spouse or civil partner;

- Stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister; or

- Unmarried partner where the couple have been in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership for at

least the two years before the day the application is made and the relationship is genuine and subsisting

If you are not related to the person you are visiting in one of the specified ways listed above or if they are not permanently

settled or have asylum/humanitarian protection in the UK, then you should apply as a general visitor and complete

VAF1A. "

Am I right, he has to go as General Visitor?

Thank you for your time... much appreciated.

I think I am going to answer my own question. The answer will be none of the above. He is 14 years old and is therefore not in any of the above categories, he will simply be a Child Visitor I believe.

Can anyone confirm this? I mean, all children just take the child visa, ignoring the purpose of visit.

Since the abolition of the right of appeal for family visit visa refusals there is no real difference between applying as a family visitor or a general visitor; either will do.

But you are correct, as he is under 18 he applies as a child visitor.

Since the abolition of the right of appeal for family visit visa refusals there is no real difference between applying as a family visitor or a general visitor; either will do.

But you are correct, as he is under 18 he applies as a child visitor.

I never did get back and say thank you for your good advice, so, Thank You!