Uni students forms part of parents household- what about separated parents?

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Hi. Does anyone know if university students are considered part of both parents households if they are separated? The advice just states ‘parents household’. DSD20 is coming back from uni and going to her mums which will be in tier 3. She wants to come here Xmas day (we are tier 2). We aren’t forming Xmas bubbles with anyone else so the only way I can see this working is if she is already classed as part of our household. Her mum will form a closed 3-household bubble with her family. Totally confused.

No she is not part of your household. However different members of the same household can be part of different Xmas bubbles so as long as she stays with you throughout the period her mother is with the other people in her bubble she can visit during that period.

Thanks. Thought that might be the case. She will be part of her mums bubbles so looks like it’s a no go then.

Yeah I would say no..she is an adult now so would need to choose her bubble. It isn't a case of students getting special treatment because even couples could form separate bubbles over Xmas (for example a husband could go to his family for the 5 days and the wife could go to hers)

My DS is a univ student and will be seeing his dad tier 2 and me (his mum ) tier 2 . I just assumed that was ok, although I appreciate he is now an adult. But his younger brother who is 17 will be going to his dads for a few days for Xmas as usual which is allowed as it is going between separated parents . Is that correct? So adult DS1 would be going with DS2. Is that not allowed?

Or is DS2 age 17 allowed to go to his dads but not DS 1 age 19?

Technically it is children under 18 who are part of both households of separated parents. Although if I had a 17 and 19 year old I would send both!