Help for child dependent requirements

Enquiry: We are currently living in 1 bedroom house. Is it required for us to move in 2 bedroom house so to sponsor my 12 year old son?

With a child of that age Iwould say yes

there are rules in the UK regarding this.

12. MAA12 Overcrowding
12.1 Residential housing
The Housing Act 1985 contains statutory definitions of overcrowding in residential housing. The ECO should bear in mind, as Pakistan 2004 UKAIT 000066 says, that adequacy of accommodation must be assessed on an individual basis. It is not enough to equate adequacy with overcrowding.

A house is considered to be overcrowded if 2 persons aged 10 years or more of opposite sexes, who are not living together as husband and wife, must sleep in the same room. The Act also details the maximum number of people allowed for a given number of rooms or a given room floor area.

Account is taken only of rooms with a floor area larger than 50 square feet and rooms of a type used either as a living room or bedroom.

Rooms such as kitchens or bathrooms are excluded.

Under the Housing Act, the number of people sleeping in accommodation must not exceed the following:

Number of rooms Maximum number of people allowed
1 2
2 3
3 5
4 7.5
5 10
Each additional room in excess of 5 An additional 2 people
For the purpose of the Act:

• a child under 1 does not count as a person.
• a child aged 1-10 years counts as only half a person.

You need a two bedroom house if you want your 12 year old son to live with you.

I was living in a 1 bedroom flat when applied for my wife and son and got their visa's,my son wss 6 years old then so not sure if makes any difference,the example on Brom form is the one we copied as gave an example of someone living in a 1 bedroom flat 3 people can live there as can set up folding bed in living room.

Your son was 6yrs old then. Counted as half only. Her son is 12. Counted as 1 already.

Hi, I have an 8yr old son and my husband has a 1 bedroom flat will I be able to visit my husband with my son on a tourist visa for a few months.
Thank you.

Thank you very much for all your help. Now, before doing any paperworks, we have to find suitable house for us.

have you read the various threads already this year about applying for a dependent child settlement visa ?

Yes. Im gathering infos through that too.