Petition · past parliament · Home Office
Increase the age of dependant children on parents Ancestry Visa from 18 to 21.
Closed
53 signatures
What the petition asks
Currently children who are 18 or older may not be included in the qualifying parent's British ancestry visa to come and live and work in the U.K. This means that once a child turns 18 their right to explore their British Ancestry can be lost forever.
Children at 18 are often still dependant on their parents or may be in tertiary education and therefore are still dependant on their parents. The age limit of 18 on the Ancestry Visa can force children to be separated from their families.
The ancestry visa is a working visa that does not allow recourse to public funds, by extending the age there should be no financial burden posed to the U.K. and by extending the dependant's age to 21 it should encourage more people in of a working age to work and contribute to the economy.
The ancestry visa is a working visa that does not allow recourse to public funds, by extending the age there should be no financial burden posed to the U.K. and by extending the dependant's age to 21 it should encourage more people in of a working age to work and contribute to the economy.
Timeline
| 11 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Feb 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
53
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
11 Aug 2020
Closed
11 Feb 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.