The Immigration and Asylum Appeals (One-Stop Procedure) Regulations 2000

Family member definitions

Relevant member of the applicant’s family: section 74

6.  For the purposes of section 74(8), a relevant member of an applicant’s family is a person—

(a) who is the subject of a decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (2)(a) or 3(a) of section 74, but is not himself an applicant for the purposes of section 74(4); and

(b) who appears to the decision-taker to be—

(i) his spouse;

(ii) a child of his or of his spouse;

(iii) a person who has been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which the decision was made;

(iv) a person who is dependent on him; or

(v) a person on whom he is dependent.

Relevant member of the claimant’s family: section 75

7.  For the purposes of section 75(5), a relevant member of a claimant’s family is a person—

(a) who has made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, but is not himself a claimant for the purposes of section 75(2); and

(b) who appears to the decision-taker to be—

(i) his spouse;

(ii) a child of his or of his spouse;

(iii) a person who has been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which the claim was made;

(iv) a person who is dependent on him; or

(v) a person on whom he is dependent.

Member of the family: section 76

8.—(1) For the purposes of section 76(6), “member of the family” means—

(a) a person on whom the applicant is dependent; or

(b) a person who, in relation to the applicant—

(i) is his spouse;

(ii) is a child of his or of his spouse;

(iii) has been living with him as a member of an unmarried couple for at least two of the three years before the day on which the applicant claimed asylum; or

(iv) is dependent on him.