Can my cousin visit me on a family visit visa when I am not a UK resident?

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I don't think the Family Visit Visa is an option for 2 reasons, based on the published eligibility requirements.

Reason 1: Ineligible family relationship

The list of people who can be visited under a Family visa is given as:

  • spouse or civil partner
  • children
  • parents or siblings
  • grandparents or grandchildren
  • your spouse’s or civil partner’s siblings or parents
  • your child’s spouse or civil partner
  • step parents, step children or step siblings
  • a person you've been living with in a long-term relationship, as if you were married or in a civil partnership, for at least 2 years before the day you apply

A cousin is none of those things.

Reason 2: Ineligible residency status

The family member being visited must be one of:

  • a British citizen
  • settled in the UK
  • granted asylum in the UK
  • under humanitarian protection in the UK

You're not a British citizen, and I don't think being in the UK on a short-term visa yourself counts as being "settled in the UK". The other 2 options are presumably not relevant either.

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https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/short-visit-visas
The Family Visitor visa is intended for visits of 6 months. If your cousin is studying in Germany I suspect she won't be coming for that long.

If it's just a simple visit then General Visitor visa appears to be the correct one.

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