Entry Clearance Guidance - General Instructions
Wording for refusals: Sections 6 - 10
6. STUDENT NURSES
7. POST-GRADUATE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS
8. SPOUSES OF STUDENTS
9. CHILDREN OF STUDENTS
10. PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
6. STUDENT NURSES
| 6.1 |
Not within definition of student nurse
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"...but as you have not been accepted for training as: a student nurse/midwife leading to a registered nursing qualification, and you are not an overseas nurse/midwife who has been accepted on an adaption course with the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, I am not satisfied that you come within the definition of a student nurse/midwife as set out in the Immigration Rules." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 66
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| 6.2 |
Not an recognised nursing educational establishment |
"...but I am not satisfied that you have been accepted for a course of study in a recognised nursing educational establishment offering nursing training which meets the requirement of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting." |
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Paragraph 66
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| 6.3 |
Misrepresentation |
"...but I am not satisfied that you did not obtain acceptance for the training course by misrepresentation." |
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Paragraph 63
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| 6.4 |
Ability |
"...but I am not satisfied that you will be able to follow your proposed training course." |
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Paragraph 66
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| 6.5 |
Intention to follow course |
"...but I am not satisfied that you intent to follow the training course." |
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Paragraph 6
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| 6.6 |
Unauthorised business/employment |
"...but I am not satisfied that you do not intend to: engage in business/ take employment except in connection with the training course." |
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Paragraph 66
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| 6.7 |
Intention to leave |
"...but I am not satisfied that you intend to leave the United Kingdom at the end of the course." |
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Paragraph 66
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| 6.8 |
Funds |
"...but I am not satisfied that you have sufficient funds available for accommodation and maintenance for yourself (any dependants) without: engaging in business/taking employment (except inn connection with the training course)/having recourse to public funds." |
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Paragraph 66
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7. POST-GRADUATE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS
| 7.1 |
Eligibility |
"...but I am not satisfied that you are a: graduate from a United Kingdom medical school intending to undertake Pre-Registration House Officer employment for up to 12 months, as required by the General Medical Council/ a doctor/dentist who is all ready eligible for full or limited registration with the General Medical Council/General Dental Council who intends to undertake post-graduate training in a hospital." |
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Paragraph 72
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| 7.2 |
Non-graduate |
"...but I am not satisfied that you are a graduate for a United Kingdom medical school." |
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Paragraph 72
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| 7.3 |
Not intending Pre-Registration House Officer employment |
"...but I am not satisfied that you intend to undertake Pre-Registration House Officer employment for up to 12 months as required for full registration with the General Medical Council." |
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Paragraph 72
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| 7.4 |
12 month limit |
"...but you were in the United Kingdom for the purpose of Pre-Registration House Officer employment between ... and ... and 12 months is the total aggregate period for this purpose." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 72
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| 7.5 |
Intention to leave |
"...but I am not satisfied that you intend to leave the United Kingdom on completion of your training period." |
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Paragraph 72
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8. SPOUSES OF STUDENTS
| Spouses whose visit is for six months or less do not have the right of appeal |
| 8.1 |
Not related as claimed |
"...but I am not satisfied that your are married to a person [to be] admitted to/allowed to remain in the United Kingdom as a student/ student nurse/ post-graduate doctor/dentist." |
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Paragraph 78
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| 8.2 |
Spouse refused entry clearance |
"...but you wife/husband’s application for entry clearance in that capacity has been refused and consequently I am not satisfied that you are: married to a person to be admitted to/allowed to remain in the United Kingdom as a student/ student nurse/post-graduate doctor/dentist." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 78
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| 8.3 |
Spouse not in UK or not inappropriate category within UK |
"...but I am not satisfied that you are married to a person admitted to/allowed to remain in the United Kingdom as a student/student nurse/post-graduate doctor/ dentist." |
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Paragraph 78
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| 8.4 |
Intention to live as husband and wife |
"...but I am not satisfied that you and your spouse intend to live as husband and wife during your stay in the United Kingdom." |
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Paragraph 78
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| 8.5 |
Marriage not subsisting |
"...but I am not satisfied that the marriage is subsisting." |
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Paragraph 78
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| 8.6 |
Accommodation |
"...but I am not satisfied that there will be adequate accommodation for you and your spouse (and any dependants) without recourse to public funds." |
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Paragraph 78
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| 8.7 |
Maintenance |
"...but I am not satisfied that you and your spouse will be able to maintain yourselves (and any dependants) adequately without recourse to public funds." |
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Paragraph 78
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| 8.8 |
Intention to take employment |
"..but you are seeking entry for a period of less than 12 months and in view of .... I am not satisfied that you intend to take employment." |
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Paragraph 78
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| 8.9 |
Intention to leave |
"...but I am not satisfied that you intend to leave the United Kingdom at the end of any period of leave granted to you." |
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Paragraph 78
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9. CHILDREN OF STUDENTS
| There is no right of appeal for children of short term students |
| 9.1 |
Not related as claimed |
"...but I am not satisfied that you are the child of a parent [to be] admitted to/allowed to remain in the United Kingdom as a student/ student nurse, post-graduate doctor/dentist." |
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Paragraph 81
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| 9.2 |
Parent refused entry clearance |
"...but your mother/father’s application for enter clearance in that capacity has been refused and consequently I am not satisfied that you are the child of a parent to be admitted to/ allowed to remain in the United Kingdom as a student/student nurse/post- graduate doctor/ dentist." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 81
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| 9.3 |
Parent not in UK or not in appropriate category within UK |
"...but I am not satisfied that you are the child of a parent admitted to/allowed to remain in the United Kingdom as a student/ student nurse/post-graduate doctor/dentist." |
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Paragraph 81
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| 9.4 |
Over/under/wrong age |
"...but on the evidence available to me (e.g. date of birth) I am not satisfied that you are under the age of 18." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 81
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| 9.5 |
Married |
"... but I am not satisfied that you are unmarried." |
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Paragraph 81
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| 9.6 |
Independent family unit |
"...but I am not satisfied that you have not formed an independent family unit." |
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Paragraph 81
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| 9.7 |
Independent life |
"...but I am not satisfied that you are not leading an independent life." |
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Paragraph 81
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| 9.8 |
Maintenance and accommodation |
"...but I am not satisfied that you can, and will be, maintained and accommodated without recourse to public funds." |
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Paragraph 81
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| 9.9 |
Intention to leave |
"...but I am not satisfied that you will not stay in the United Kingdom beyond any period of leave granted to your: mother/ father/ parents." |
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Paragraph 81
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10. PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
| 10.1 |
Genuine and realistic intentions |
"...but I am not satisfied that you can demonstrate a genuine and realistic intention of undertaking, within 6 months of your date of entry, a course of study which would meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules for an extension of stay as a student/student nurse." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 81
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| 10.2 |
Intention to leave |
"...but I am not satisfied that you intend to leave the United kingdom on completion of your studies or on the expiry of your leave to enter if you are not able to meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules for an extension of stay as a student/ student nurse." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 81
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| 10.3 |
Meet cost of course/ maintenance and accommodation |
"...but I am not satisfied that you will be able, without recourse to public funds, to meet the costs of your intended course and accommodation and the maintenance of yourself and any dependants while making arrangements to study, and during the course of your studies." |
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Non-Appealable |
Paragraph 81
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