Immigration rules
| Introduction |
Paragraph number |
| Implementation and transitional provisions |
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|
Application |
5 |
| Interpretation |
6 |
| Part 1: General provisions regarding leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom |
|
| Leave to enter the United Kingdom |
7-9 |
| Exercise of the power to refuse leave to enter the United Kingdom |
10 |
| Suspension of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom |
10A |
| Cancellation of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom |
10B |
| Requirement for persons arriving in the United Kingdom or seeking entry through the Channel Tunnel to produce evidence of identity and nationality |
11 |
| Requirement for a person not requiring leave to enter the United Kingdom to prove that he has the right of abode |
12-14 |
| Common Travel Area |
15 |
| Admission for certain British passport holders |
16-17 |
| Persons outside the United Kingdom |
17A-17B |
| Returning residents |
18-20 |
| Non-lapsing leave |
20A |
| Holders of restricted travel documents and passports |
21-23 |
|
Leave to enter granted on arrival in the United Kingdom |
23A-23B |
| Entry clearance |
24-30C |
| Variation of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom |
31-33A |
| Knowledge of language and life in the United Kingdom |
33B-33F |
| Specified forms and procedures for applications or claims in connection with immigration |
34 - 34D |
| Variation of applications or claims for leave to remain |
34E - 34F |
| Determination of the date of an application or claim (or variation of an application or claim) in connection with immigration |
34G - 34I |
| Withdrawn applications or claims for leave to remain in the United Kingdom |
34J |
| Undertakings |
35 |
| Medical |
36-39 |
| Students |
39A |
| Part 2: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for visits |
|
| Visitors |
40-46F |
| Visitors in transit |
47-50 |
| Visitors seeking to enter or remain for private medical treatment |
51-56 |
| Parent of a child at school |
56A-56C |
| Visitors seeking to enter for the purposes of marriage |
56D-56F |
| Visitors seeking leave to enter under the Approved Destinations Status (ADS) agreement with China |
56G-56J |
| Student visitors |
56K-56M |
| Part 3: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for studies |
|
| Students |
57-62 |
| Student nurses |
63-69 |
| Resits of examinations |
69A-69F |
| Writing up a thesis |
69G-69L |
| Overseas qualified nurses and midwives |
69M - 69R |
| Postgraduate doctors and dentists |
70-75M |
| Spouses of students or civil partners of prospective students |
76-78 |
| Children of students or prospective students |
79-81 |
| Prospective students |
82-87 |
| Student union sabbatical officers |
87A-87F |
| Part 4: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in an "au pair" placement, as a working holidaymaker or for training or work experience |
|
|
Au pair placements |
88-94 |
|
Working holidaymakers |
95-100 |
| Children of working holidaymakers |
101-103 |
| Seasonal agricultural workers |
104-109 |
| Teachers and language assistants coming to the United Kingdom under approved exchange schemes |
110-115 |
| Home Office approved training or work experience |
116-121 |
| Spouses of persons with limited leave to enter or remain under paragraphs 110-121 |
122-124 |
|
Children of persons with limited leave to enter or remain under paragraphs 110-121 |
125-127 |
|
Part 5: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for employment |
|
|
Work permit employment |
128-135 |
|
Highly skilled migrants |
|
| Sectors-Based Scheme |
135I-135N |
| International Graduates Scheme |
135O - 135T |
| Representatives of overseas newspapers, news agencies and broadcasting organisations |
136-143 |
| Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme |
143A - 143F |
| Sole representatives |
144-151 |
| Private servants in diplomatic households |
152-159 |
| Domestic workers in private households |
159A-159H |
| Overseas government employees |
160-169 |
| Ministers of religion, missionaries and members of religious orders |
|
| Visiting religious workers and religious workers in non-pastoral roles |
177B - 177G |
| Airport based operational ground staff of overseas-owned airlines |
178-185 |
| Persons with United Kingdom ancestry |
186-193 |
| Spouses or civil partners of persons who have or have had leave to enter or remain under paragraphs 128-193 (but not paragraphs 135I-135K) |
194-196F |
|
Children of persons with limited leave to enter or remain under paragraphs 128-193 (but not paragraphs 135I-135K) |
197-199 |
| Multiple entry work permit employment |
199A-199C |
| Part 6: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a businessman, self-employed person, investor, writer, composer or artist |
|
| Persons intending to establish themselves in business |
200-210 |
| Innovators |
210A-210H |
| Persons intending to establish themselves in business under the provisions of EC Association Agreements |
222-223A |
| Investors |
224-231 |
| Writers, composers and artists |
232-239 |
| Spouses or civil partners of persons who have or have had limited leave to enter or remain under paragraphs 200-239 |
240-242F |
| Children of persons with limited leave to enter or remain under paragraphs 200-239 |
243-245 |
| Part 6A: Points-Based System | |
| Tier 1 (General) Migrants |
245AA - 245G |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrants |
245H - 245N |
| Tier 1 (Investor) Migrants |
245O - 245U |
| Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrants |
245V - 245ZA |
| Part 7: Other Categories |
|
| Persons exercising rights of access to a child resident in the United Kingdom |
246-248F |
| EEA nationals and their families |
255-262 |
| Retired persons of independent means |
263-270 |
| Spouses or civil partners of persons who have or have had limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as retired persons of independent means |
271-273F |
| Children of persons with limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as retired persons of independent means |
274-276 |
| Long residence |
276A-276D |
| HM Forces |
276E-276Q |
| Spouses or civil partners of persons settled or seeking settlement in the United Kingdom in accordance with paragraphs 276E to 276Q (HM Forces rules) |
276R - 276W |
| Children of a parent, parents or relative settled or seeking settlement in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 276E to 276Q (HM Forces rules) |
276X - 267AC |
| Spouses or civil partners of armed forces members who are exempt from immigration control under Section 8(4) of the Immigration Act 1971 |
276AD - 276AF |
| Children of armed forces members who are exempt from immigration control under Section 8(4) of the Immigration Act 1971 |
276AG - 276 AI |
| Part 8: Family Members | |
| Spouses and civil partners |
277-289 |
| Victims of domestic violence |
289A-289C |
| Fiance(e)s and proposed civil partners |
289AA - 295 |
|
Unmarried and same-sex partners |
295AA-295O |
| Children |
296-316F |
| Parents, grandparents and other dependent relatives |
317-319 |
| Family members of Tier 1 Migrants |
319A - 319K |
| Refusal of entry clearance or leave to enter the United Kingdom |
320 |
| Refusal of leave to enter in relation to a person in possession of an entry clearance |
321 |
| Refusal of variation of leave to enter or remain or curtailment of leave |
322-323 |
| Crew members |
324 |
| Part 10: Registration with the police |
325-326 |
| Part 11: Asylum |
326A - 352G |
| Part 11A: Temporary Protection |
354-356B |
| Part 11B: Asylum |
357-361 |
| Part 12: Procedure and Rights of appeal |
353 - 352A |
| Part 13: Deportation |
362-395F |
| Appendix 1: Visa requirements for the United Kingdom |
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| Appendix 2: Countries or territories whose nationals or citizens are relevant foreign nationals for the purposes of Part 10 of these Rules | |
| Appendix 3: List of Countries participating in the Working Holidaymaker Scheme | |
| Appendix 4: DELETED |
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| Appendix 5: DELETED |
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| Appendix 6: Disciplines for which an Academic Technology Approval Scheme certificate from the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is required for the purposes of paragraph 57(v) of these Rules |
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| Appendix A: Attributes | |
| Appendix B: English language | |
| Appendix C: Maintenance (funds) | |
| Appendix D: Immigration rules for leave to remain as a Highly Skilled Migrant as at 28 February 2008 | |
| Appendix E: Maintenance (funds) for the family of Tier 1 Migrants | |
| Appendix F: Immigration rules relating to Highly Skilled Migrants, the International Graduates Scheme, the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland Scheme, Businesspersons, Innovators, Investors and Writers, Composers and Artists as at 29 June 2008 |
