Family permits are available for partners, and wives of EEA nationals and Swiss Citizens living and working in the UK. They are free of charge and they are a "right", not a privilege. Family members of EEA nationals If your family members are EEA nationals they will have the same rights as you to live and work in the UK. The information in this section applies to those of your family members who are not EEA nationals (non-EEA family members). Back to questions Can my family members join me in the UK? Yes. If you have the right to live in the UK your family members can join you. Under European Community law, your family members include the following: Your husband, wife or civil partner. Your children or the children of your husband, wife or civil partner (including adopted children). Children over 21 must be dependent on you or your husband, wife or civil partner. Your parents and grandparents or the parents and grandparents of your husband, wife or civil partner. Parents and grandparents must be dependent on you or your husband, wife or civil partner. Your extended family members, such as brothers, sisters and cousins, do not have an automatic right to live with you in the UK. However, we will consider applications for your other relatives to join you if you are a qualified person in the UK and: they were dependent on you in the State in which you both lived before you came to the UK; or they were a member of your household in the State in which you lived before you came to the UK; or they require your personal care on serious health grounds; or they meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules for other dependent family members (see our Family members (INF 6) guidance). Unmarried partners may also be considered as extended family members. We will consider applications for unmarried partners to join you if you are a qualified person in the UK and they meet the requirements for entry by extended family members who are unmarried partners. In particular, they must be able to show that they are in a durable relationship with you. Back to questions How can my family come to live with me in the UK? Non - EEA family members should get an EEA family permit before they travel to the UK if they are visa nationals, or if they are coming to live with you permanently or on a long-term basis. If they try to enter the UK for this purpose without an EEA family permit, we may refuse them. http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf18eeaswissnationals#Q10
