(o) the application was made by an unmarried minor to whom Article 6(4)(c) applies, after the application of the parents or parent responsible for the minor has been rejected and no relevant new elements were raised with respect to his/her particular circumstances or to the situation in his/her country of origin.

In addition to the nuclear family, Member States may include, as family members, dependent parents and unmarried adult children of the sponsor or his/her spouse, and an unmarried partner (duly attested long-term relationship or registered partnership) of the sponsor.

Over half of Member States[15] authorise family reunification for parents of the sponsor and/or his/her spouse, whereas seven allow reunification of an unmarried partner (BE, DE, FI, NL, SE, PT, LT) either under a registered partnership or an evidence-based stable long-term relationship.

the application was made by an unmarried minor to whom Article 6(4)(c) applies, after the application of the parents or parent responsible for the minor has been rejected and no relevant new elements were raised with respect to his/her particular circumstances or to the situation in his/her country of origin.

(i) "family members" means an asylum seeker's spouse or unmarried partner in a stable relationship, if the legislation of the Member State responsible treats unmarried couples in the same way as married couples, irrespective of sex, provided that the couple was formed in the country of origin; his unmarried minor children under the age of eighteen, irrespective of the nature of their filiation or his ward; his father, his mother or his guardian, if the asylum seeker is himself an unmarried minor under the age of eighteen; where appropriate, other persons to whom the applicant is related and who used to live in the same home in the cou ...[+++]ntry of origin, if one of the persons concerned is dependent on the other;

(i) "family members" means an asylum seeker's spouse or unmarried partner in a stable relationship, if the legislation of the Member State responsible treats unmarried couples in the same way as married couples, provided that the couple was formed in the country of origin; his unmarried minor children under the age of eighteen, irrespective of the nature of their filiation or his ward; his father, his mother or his guardian, if the asylum seeker is himself an unmarried minor under the age of eighteen; where appropriate, other persons to whom the applicant is related and who used to live in the same home in the country of origin, if on ...[+++]e of the persons concerned is dependent on the other;