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Guides for parents and family visiting abroad

Plain-English guides on invitation letters, official visitor pages, flying with older relatives, travel cover, medicines and food across borders, graduations, staying with family, longer visits, overstay and scams. Each one links to its official source and shows the date we last verified it. General information, not immigration or medical advice.

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Showing guides for Australia plus guides that apply to every destination.

Family guides apply to the UK, Canada, Australia and Germany. See the family planner.

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Travel & connectivity Parents & family

Flying with older relatives, step by step

How to ask for assistance, choose a comfortable itinerary, carry medicines and keep documents safe when flying with older relatives. No medical advice...

Verified Travel & connectivity Parents & family

Medicines and food across borders

How to carry medicines and food gifts when visiting family abroad, and where the official customs pages are for the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and...

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StudentFlow gives general information from official sources and links the official visitor-visa pages. We don’t judge whether an application will be approved, and this is not legal, immigration, tax or medical advice. For questions about your case, ask the official website or a licensed adviser. Rules, fees and thresholds change, so every guide links to the official source. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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