Immigration Rules
| Introduction |
Paragraph number |
| Implementation and transitional provisions |
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|
Application |
5 |
| Interpretation |
6 |
| Public funds clarification |
6A-6C |
| Part 1: General provisions regarding leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom |
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| 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| Withdrawn applications or claims for leave to remain in the United Kingdom |
34K-34J |
| Undertakings |
35 |
| Medical |
36-39 |
| Students |
39A |
| Part 2: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for visits |
|
| Visitors |
40-46X |
| 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 or to enter into a civil partnership |
56D-56F |
| Visitors seeking leave to enter under the Approved Destinations Status (ADS) agreement with China |
56G-56J |
| Student visitors |
56K-56M |
| Prospective entrepreneurs |
56N-56Q |
| Olympic or Paralympic Games Family Member Visitor |
56R-56T |
| Olympic or Paralympic Games Family Member Child Visitor |
56U-56X |
| Part 3: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for studies |
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| 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 or civil partners of students or prospective students granted leave under this part of the Rules |
76-78 |
| Children of students or prospective students granted leave under this part of the Rules |
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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
| Representatives of Overseas Business |
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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 (Exceptional Talent) Migrants |
245A-245BF |
| Tier 1 (General) Migrants |
245C-245CE |
| Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrants |
245D-245DF |
| Tier 1 (Investor) Migrants |
245E-245EF |
| Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) Migrants |
245F-245FE |
|
Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) Migrants |
245G-Z45GF |
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Tier 2 (General) Migrants, Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrants and Tier 2 (Sportsperson) Migrants |
245H-245HF |
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Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) Temporary Migrants |
245ZI-245ZL |
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Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrants |
245ZM-245ZS |
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Tier 4 (General) Student |
245ZT-245ZY |
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Tier 4 (Child) Student |
245ZZ-245ZZE |
| Part 7: Other Categories |
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| Persons exercising rights of access to a child resident in the United Kingdom |
A246-248F |
| 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-276DH |
| HM Forces |
276E-276Q |
| Spouses, civil partners, unmarried or same-sex partners of persons settled or seeking settlement in the United Kingdom in accordance with paragraphs 276E to 276Q (HM Forces rules) or of members of HM Forces who are exempt from immigration control under section 8(4)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and have at least 5 years' continuous service |
276R-276W |
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Children of a parent, parents or a relative settled or seeking settlement in the United Kingdom under paragraphs 276E to 276Q (HM Forces rules) or of members of HM Forces who are exempt from immigration control under section 8(4)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and have at least 5 years' continuous service |
276X-267AC |
| Spouses, civil partners, unmarried or same-sex 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-276AI |
| Transitional provisions and interaction between Part 8 and Appendix FM |
A277-A280E |
| 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 relevant points-based system migrants |
319A-319K |
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Other family members of persons with limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection |
319L-319U |
| Parents, grandparents and other dependent relatives of persons with limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a refugee or beneficiary of humanitarian protection |
319V-319Y |
| Refusal of entry clearance or leave to enter the United Kingdom |
A320 |
| 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 |
322-323C |
| 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 |
A362-400 |
| Part 14: Stateless persons |
401 - 416 |
| 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: DELETED | |
| 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 Tier 4 of the Points Based System |
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| Appendix 7 - Statement of Written Terms and Conditions of employment required in paragraphs 159A (v), 159D(iv) and 159EA(iii) | |
| Appendix A: Attributes | |
| Appendix B: English language - 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 Relevant Points Based Systems 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 | |
| Appendix FM: Family members | |
| Appendix FM-SE: Family members - specified evidence | |
| Appendix G: Countries and territories participating in the Tier 5 Youth mobility scheme and annual allocations of places for 2013 | |
| Appendix H: Applicants who are subject to different documentary requirements under Tier 4 of the Points Based System | |
| Appendix I: Pay requirements which the Secretary of State intends to apply to applications for indefinite leave to remain from Tier 2 (General) and Tier 2 (Sportspersons) migrants made on or after 6 April 2016 | |
| Appendix J: Codes of practice for Tier 2 sponsors, Tier 5 sponsors and employers of work permit holders | |
| Appendix K: Shortage occupation list | |
| Appendix L: Designated competent body criteria for Tier 1 (Exceptional talent) applications | |
| Appendix M: Sports governing bodies for Tier 2 (Sportsperson) and Tier 5 (Temporary worker - creative and sporting) applications | |
| Appendix N: Approved Tier 5 Government authorised exchange schemes | |
| Appendix O: List of English Language tests that have been assessed as meeting the UK Border Agency's requirements | |
| Appendix P: Lists of financial institutions that do not satisfactorily verify financial statements, or whose financial statements are accepted | |
| Appendix Q: Statement of written terms and conditions of employment required in paragraph 245ZO(f)(ii) and paragraph 245 ZQ (e)(ii) | |
| Appendix R: List of recognised festivals for which entry by amateur and professional entertainer visitors is permitted | |
| Appendix S: Highly Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) - qualifying for indefinite leave to remain after four years' continuous residence | |
| Appendix T - Tuberculosis screening |