Entry Clearance Guidance Documents

Entry Clearance Documents
Last updated 03 April 2009

This section is designed to hold in one place the most commonly used forms and documents referred to throughout the Entry Clearance Guidance (ECG). If you have suggestions about further documents we should include in this section please get in touch using the ECG User Forum Group mailbox available on GAL.

Entry Clearance Guidance - Recent updates

Entry Clearance Basics (ECB)
ECB 12.4 Maintenance and accommodation undertaking
 ECB 13.1 Leave to enter endorsement and list of conditions required with each code
 ECB 18.8 Revocation Flowchart
ECB 19.5 Incorrect endorsement letter
ECB 20 GV51 (FRA)
             GV51 (LRA)
           Appeal Form AIT-2
            Refusal of EEA Family Permit GV51(EEA) - with AIT2
            Refusal of Entry Clearance GV51(FRA)(RoA) - with AIT2
 
Right of Abode (ROA)
Child of a Polygamous Marriage and the 1976 Legitimacy Act form
 Notification pro-forma of certificates of entitlement issued to a child of a polygamous marriage who benefits from the Legitimacy Act 1976 

Maintenance & Accommodation (MAA)
Maintenance and Accommodation undertaking (see ECB)
Confirmation of housing standards - letter to local authority

Medical Issues (MED)
Form PQ
Form XY
Codes for use of Form XY
Template for gratis TB test
 
Common Travel Area (CTA)
 Crown Dependency Referral Form 

European Nationals & Schemes (EUN)
 Marriages and Civil Partnership of convenience  

Visit & Transit (VAT)
Child visitor charity registration form
Information handout on Direct Airside Transit Visas (DATV)
 Notice of Refusal for Direct Airside Transit Visa (DATV)
 
Study (STY)
 Flowchart for entry clearance categories for students over 18
Flowchart for entry clearance categories for students under 18

Work (WRK)
  Annex 18.2 - Letter to enquirers about the sole representative requirements

Settlement (SET)
 Marriage validity flowchart
Domicile questionnaire (polygamous marriages)
DNA testing request form GV39

Referrals/Deferrals (RDF)
 Referral/Deferral pro-forma
Referral/Deferral process map

Refusals (RFL)
GV51(LRA) for refusals which only have limited appeal rights
GV51(FRA) for refusals with the full right of appeal including family visits
GV51(EEA) for refusals of family members of EEA nationals 
GV51(FRA)(RoA) for right of abode refusals
Paragraph 320 (7A) Deception in visa application (PDF Flowchart)
Paragraph 320 (7B) - Immigration Offender (PDF Flowchart)
Notice of refusal for Direct Airside Transit Visas (to be produced locally)
Appeal Form (AIT2) to be issued where there is a full right of appeal along with Guidance notes
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - Rehabilitation periods

Appeals (APL)
 Out of Time Appeal Letter
 Validity of Appeal letter
 Withdrawal of decision letter
 An example of an explanatory statement
 Document Examination Report (template)
 Document Examination Report (completed example)
 Document Verification Report (template)
 Document Verification Report (completed example)