GB tourism visa for minor acccompanied by uncle & aunt

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The Under 18 Standard Visitor Visa Page states :

Travelling with an adult

You’ll need to show that your parent or guardian consents to your travel and accommodation arrangements. If you do not need a visa to travel, you’ll need to prove this at the border.

If you do have to apply for a Standard Visitor visa, you’ll need to identify the adult travelling with you in your visa application.

If the person you’re travelling with is not your parent, you’ll need to provide specific information about them in your application.

You can identify up to 2 adults in your visa application. Their names will appear on your visa. The adult can apply for a visa at the same time, but you must each complete separate applications.

If you arrive in the UK without the person named in your visa, you’ll need to show that your parent or guardian consents to your travel and accommodation arrangements.

Usually, you would prove consent with a (sometimes notarized) letter from both parents (except in specific cases when one or none of the parents hold the legal parental authority) stating approval along with the child's birth certificate, and a proof of relationship if the surname is different (for example from marriage name change) UK Advice and should also be carried with you to present at the border if requested

UKVI has a sample for that letter of consent

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A common reason for a UK visa to be denied is the perceived risk that the traveller might not leave the UK as planned. For this reason, a visa applicant is expected to demonstrate compelling reasons for them to return. The fact that your niece's parents are not travelling with her should thus count in her favour: The expectation would be that she'd rather return to Germany to live with her parents*, and not remain as an illegal immigrant in the UK.

If you are planning to pay for your niece's trip (and can afford this), then including her should not really make the visa situation any more complicated. Nicolas Formichella's answer covers the paperwork for having a minor travelling with you. If not, then the application also needs to convincingly cover how her part of the trip is being funded.

*I am assuming here that her parents also have permanent residency in Germany. If eg one of her parents is living in the UK, it would be far more complicated.

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