Immigration Rules: Index

Introduction
Paragraph
number
Implementation and transitional provisions 4
Application 5
Interpretation 6
Public funds clarification 6A-6C
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
Specified forms and procedures for applications or claims in connection
with immigration
34A-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Withdrawn applications or claims for leave to remain in the United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-34K
Undertakings 35
Medical 36-39
Students 39A
Specified documents 39B
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
Visitors undertaking permitted paid engagements 56X-56Z
Commonwealth Games Family Member Visitor
56ZA-
56ZH
Part 3: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for
studies

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 82A-87
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

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 128A-135
Highly skilled migrants
135A-
135HA
Representatives of overseas newspapers, news agencies and
broadcasting organisations
136-143
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 170-177
Airport based operational ground staff of overseas-owned airlines 178-185
Persons with United Kingdom ancestry 186-193
Partners of persons who have or have had leave to enter or remain
under paragraphs 128-193 (but not paragraphs 135I-135K)
193A-196F
Children of persons with limited leave to enter or remain under
paragraphs 128-193 (but not paragraphs 135I-135K)
196G-
199B
Part 6: Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a
businessman, self-employed person, investor, writer, composer or artist

Part 6A: Points-Based System

General requirements for indefinite leave to remain 245AAA
Documents not submitted with applications 245AA
Specified documents for students previously sponsored by an overseas
government or international scholarship agency
245A
Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Migrants
245B-
245BF
Tier 1 (General) Migrants
245C-
245CE
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) Migrants
245D-
245DF
Tier 1 (Investor) Migrants
245E-
245EF
Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) Migrants
245F-
245FC
Tier 2 (Intra Company Transfer) Migrants
245G-
245GF
Tier 2 (General) Migrants, Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrants and Tier
2 (Sportsperson) Migrants
245H-
245HF
Tier 5 (Youth Mobility Scheme) Temporary Migrants
245ZI-
245ZL
Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrants
245ZM-
245ZS
Tier 4 (General) Student
245ZT-
245ZY
Tier 4 (Child) Student
245ZZ-
245ZZE
Part 7: Other Categories

Persons exercising rights of access to a child resident in the United
Kingdom
246A-248F
EEA nationals and their families 255-262
Retired persons of independent means 263-270
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
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-
276AC
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
Limited leave to enter for relevant Afghan citizens
276BA1-
276BS1
Part 8: Family members

Transitional provisions and interaction between Part 8 and Appendix FM
277A-
280E
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
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
Part 9 - General grounds for the refusal of entry clearance, leave to
enter, leave to remain, variation of leave to enter or remain and
curtailment of leave in the United Kingdom

Refusal of entry clearance or leave to enter the United Kingdom 320A
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 362A-400
Part 14: Stateless persons 401 - 416
Appendix 1: Visa requirements for the United Kingdom

Appendix 2: Countries or territories whose nationals or citizens are
relevant foreign nationals for the purposes of Part 10 of these
Rulesapp2

Appendix 3: DELETED

Appendix 4: DELETED

Appendix 5: DELETED

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

Appendix 7 - Statement of Written Terms and Conditions of employment
required in paragraphs 159A (v), 159D(iv) and 159EA(iii)

Appendix A: Attributes

Appendix Armed Forces

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: Archived Immigration Rules

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 2014

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

AppendixKoLL: Knowledge of language and life

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: DELETED

Appendix T: Tuberculosis screening