If you’ve applied for permission to stay in the UK but now want to make a different application, you can vary your application if the Home Office has not yet sent a decision on it.
- Decide on the relevant application you’d now like to make
- When you begin your new application provide the reference number for your existing application
- You’ll need to pay the application fee and immigration health surcharge for the new application
You’ll receive a refund of the previous application fee and the immigration health surcharge if you paid it.
If the new application allows dependants, they can apply with you. Depending on the application form, they can either be included in your application, or make an application at the same time as you, as your dependant.
If the new application does not allow dependants, and you had included them as part of your previous application, you’ll need to let them know that they need to make their own application to stay in the UK.
