Entry Clearance Guidance - Index
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|
A
|
VAT12 |
| Academic institutions |
12.1
|
| Acceptance of an application form |
ECB10
|
| Accommodation |
Chapter 9
|
| Actors | See Entertainers |
| Addresses Intelligence and forgery |
Not for public disclosure |
| Adoption |
14.8 |
| Agencies Bogus employment |
17.21 |
| Agricultural Seasonal workers |
18.3 |
| AIDS/HIV |
24.13 |
| Aircrew |
CRM2
|
| Airline Liaison Officers |
ECB21.2 & 21.3 |
| Airline staff Aircrew UK-Based Operational Ground Staff |
CRM2 CRM2.4 |
| Airport telephone/fax numbers | Not for public disclosure |
| Airside transit, direct |
VAT8.14 - 25
|
| Ancestry, UK |
18.6
|
| Appeals Process flowcharts for family visits, settlement and non-settlement Appeal procedures Appeal determinations and procedures for Posts Appeals on human rights grounds Appeals on race discrimination grounds Categories which have full appeal rights Allowed appeals Appeal dismissed |
APL
APL1.1 APL1 APL2 APL4.2 APL4.3 APL3 APL2.2 & APL2.3 APL2.4 |
| Appellants seeking admission |
VAT22
|
| Applications Acceptance of Appropriate post to apply Assessing an application From two or more persons From Ministries of Foreign Affairs For exempt visas For second valid entry clearance Checking Taking a decision Approved Gate Check (AGC) List of forms |
ECB10 ECB5 ECB10.11 ECB10 ECB10 8.4 ECB10 ECB10 ECB10.10 ECB21.5 VAFs |
|
Arab names |
25.4 |
| Approved Destination Scheme |
VAT19
|
| Archaeological excavations |
VAT21
|
| Armed Forces Exempt status Visit by |
Chapter 5 VAT20 |
| Attendance allowance |
9.2
|
| Attending trials in the UK |
VAT28
|
| Auditions |
VAT18
|
| Authorisation of entry clearance and certificates of entitlement |
ECB10.10 |
| Authorities not recognised by HMG |
ECB8.2
|
|
B Barristers |
VAT11.9 |
| Biometrics |
ECB1.3
|
| Bogus passports |
ECB8.1 |
| British citizenship (right of abode) Renunciation |
ROA
ROA12 |
| British Council students |
12.1 |
| British Dependent Territories Citizens, entry to UK |
ECB4.2
|
| British Nationals (overseas), entry to UK |
ECB4.2
|
| British Overseas Citizens, entry to UK |
ECB4.2
|
| British Protected Persons, entry to UK |
ECB4.2
|
| British Subjects, entry to UK |
ECB4.2
|
| Burden of proof Normal cases Non-conducive cases |
ECB10.6 26.12.1 |
| Business persons Admission to establish/join a business Admission under EC associate agreements (certain East European nationals only) Entrepreneurs Innovators Investors |
VAT11.9 18.7 18.16 VAT11.9 VAT11.9 VAT11.9 VAT11 |
| Business visitors |
VAT11
|
| Business visitors: academic visitors |
VAT12
|
| Business visitors: visiting professor |
VAT13
|
| Business visitors: religious workers |
VAT14
|
| Business visitors: doctors coming for PLAB tests |
VAT15
|
| Business visitors: doctors undertaking clinical attachments |
VAT16
|
| Business visitors: dentists undertaking clinical observation posts |
VAT16 |
|
C Cancelling entry clearances |
ECB18 |
| Cancelling vignettes |
ECB18 |
| Case notes, release to solicitors |
26.14
|
| Certificate of entitlement | ROA |
| Appeal rights Cancelling a certificate of entitlement Dual nationals and certificates of entitlement Explanatory leaflet Issuing a certificate of entitlement Referring a certificate of entitlement application Refusal wordings When can't a certificate of entitlement be issued Who qualifies for a certificate of entitlement |
ROA21
ROA17 ROA18 ROA22 ROA15 & ROA16 ROA3 ROA20 ROA14 ROA13 |
| Certificates of identity Issued by the Home Office |
Chapter 4 |
| Changing status while in UK ("switching") |
ECB15.2
|
| Channel Islands Guernsey including Hern, Sark & Alderney Jersey |
CTA 3.1 |
| Charges for telegram referral |
ECB6.5
|
| Charity (voluntary) workers |
18.21
|
| Child benefit |
9.2 |
| Child minders |
VAT24
|
| Child spouses |
13.19
|
| Children Settlement/adoption At school in the UK Visitors Visitors sponsored by charities |
Chapter 14 12.28 VAT3 VAT4 |
| China - Approved Destination Scheme |
VAT19
|
| Christian Science nurses |
12.6
|
| Civil partnership visits (not settlement) |
VAT6
|
| Claims for compensation |
OSI |
| Coaches (sports) |
See Sports visitor or PBS |
| Closure of post |
OSI |
| Collective passports |
ECB8.6
|
| Colleges of further education |
12.5
|
| Common Travel Area |
CTA1, CTA2
|
| Communicable diseases Refusal of entry clearance Visitors for private medical treatment |
24.11 VAT7 |
| Compensation claims |
OSI |
| Complaints Against the Immigration Service |
OSI |
| Composers |
PBS
|
| Computer companies, visits by representatives of |
VAT11.2
|
| Confidentiality |
OSI |
|
Consular fees table
Details (legislation governing) |
ECB6.1 |
| Control Authorities Working Group (CAWG) | ECB21.6 |
| Correspondence, handling (from public, MPs) |
OSI
|
| Correspondence courses |
12.8
|
| Council tax benefit |
9.2 |
| Couriers, diplomatic Considered as visitors |
5.5 |
| Court reporters |
VAT27
|
| Crew members |
CRM
|
| Crown Dependencies |
CTA3.2, CTA4.1
|
| Criminal conviction, refusal of entry clearance |
26.12
|
| Cruise passengers |
VAT8.13
|
| Currency of fees |
ECB6.3
|
| Custodian (now residence) orders |
14.13 |
|
D Declarations Of identity (GV3 forms) Of sponsorship (undertakings) |
ECB8.9 ECB12 |
DeferralProcessing times |
RDF
RDF8 RDF5 RDF4 RDF6 |
| Dentists Postgraduate students Undertaking clinical observation posts |
12.6 VAT16 |
| Departure Embarkation control |
ECB15.3 |
| Checking |
ECB15.3 |
| Dependants: Guidance on dependants is contained in the ECG section dealing with the main applicant with the exception of; Refugee dependants with exceptional leave to remain Refugees |
16.3.ii 13.6 |
| Deportation orders Preclude entry clearance |
26.4 |
| Diplomatic couriers Exempt Status (non-) |
5.5 |
| Diplomatic exempt status |
Chapter 5 |
| Direct Airside Transit Visa |
VAT8.14 - 25
|
| Disablement allowance |
9.2 |
| Discrimination |
see Race Discrimination |
| Diseases, communicable Refusal of entry clearance |
24.13 |
| Divorces, overseas |
Chapter 13 & Annex 13.1
|
| DNA scheme |
14.21
|
|
Doctors require work permits unless they qualify as: |
|
| Documents Assessing Discretion Insufficient |
ECB10.7 ECB10.7 ECB10.7 |
| Document Examination Report Document Verification Report |
|
| Domestic workers In diplomatic households Other than diplomatic |
18.9 18.10 |
|
Domicile Questionnaire
|
|
| Dual nationals Right of abode and certificates of entitlement Family members of EEA nationals |
ROA18 Chapter 21 |
|
E Educational establishments |
12.6 |
| EEA European Economic Area |
Chapter 21
|
| EEA Immigration Regulations 2000 |
Annex 21.4
|
| EEA nationals (applications from) Applications for the Channel Islands Applications for the Isle of Man |
21.3
CTA3.3 CTA4.2 |
| ELTR |
16.3
|
| Embarkation |
ECB15.3
|
| Emergency travel documents | ECB8.7 |
| Employment All aspects covered in Chapters 17 (work permit employment) or 18 (non-work permit employment) Bogus Employment Agencies |
17.21 |
| Endorsements Immigration Service (examples of visa endorsements are normally given in the appropriate chapter.) |
ECB13 |
| Leave to enter |
ECB9.6 & 9.7
|
| Entertainers, visitors |
VAT18.1
|
| Entertainers Tier 5 |
See PBS |
| Entry clearance, general basics Authorising Cancellation of Definition of |
ECB1-21
ECB10.10 ECB18 ECB3 |
| Examples of vignettes Extension of validity Fees Issue of Transferring Unresolved (lapsed) applications Unused Leave to enter More than one valid Multiple visit visas Refusal of Who needs it |
ECB9.2
ECB9.7 ECB6 ECB10 ECB17 ECB20 ECB17 ECB9.7 ECB10.5 10.15 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 ECB4 |
| Reviewing refusal decisions |
26.6 - 26.8
|
| Entry clearance |
ECB3 |
| Entry clearance officer Acts as an immigration officer Consideration of applications |
ECB1.2 ECB10 |
| European Economic Area (EEA) nationals and their dependants |
Chapter 21
|
| European Union Assoc. agreements allowing establishment of business in UK Uniform Format Form (EU UFF) Laisser Passer |
18.17 ECB8.9 ECB8.8 |
| Evidence Received after decision but before appeal hearing |
27.9 |
| Examination, sitting an |
12.9 |
| Exceptional leave to remain |
16.3
|
| Exchange students |
12.17
|
| Exclusion for the public good Refusals |
26.12.1 |
| Exempt status |
Chapter 5
|
| Ex-heads of state |
Chapter 5
|
| Explanatory statements (appeals) Guidance on writing |
ECG Documents |
| Extensions of stay in the UK |
1.8.1
|
|
F Facilitations |
8.6 |
| Family credit |
9.2 |
| Family permit, EEA |
Chapter 21
|
| Family reunion |
Chapter 16
|
| Family visits Refusals Appeals |
26.3.1 Annex 27.8 |
| Fees |
Chapter 7
|
| Ferries, crew members of UK |
CRM1.8
|
| Fiancé(s) for settlement Maintenance and accommodation |
13.4
Chapter 9 |
| Forgery |
6.7
|
| Forms, supply of |
6.5 |
| Freedom to marry, evidence of |
13.9
|
| Funds, evidence of |
Chapter 9 |
| Further education, colleges of |
Annex 12.3
|
|
G General Dental Council |
12.6 |
| General Medical Council |
12.6
|
| General Welfare of the Blind |
18.21
|
| Government minister, exempt status |
5.1
|
| Government officials, exempt and non-exempt status |
5.1
|
| Grandparents as dependants |
Chapter 15
|
| Grant maintained schools |
Annex 12.4
|
| Guernsey Contact details EEA nationals Entry Clearance regulations PBS Referral form Right of appeal |
CTA3
CTA3.5 CTA3.3 CTA3.2 CTA3.2 CTA6 CTA3.4 |
| Gurkhas |
Chapter 29
|
| Gratis fees Discretionary |
7.4 7.5 |
| Grooms |
18.21
|
| Guidance leaflets |
6.5 |
| GV3 (Declaration of Identity) Example When to use |
Annex 4.4 4.16 |
|
H Heads of state, exempt status |
5.1 |
| HM Forces |
Chapter 29
|
| Home Office Certificates Of Identity Departments Travel documents |
Annex 4.2 1.1 Chapter 4 |
| Homosexual relations, settlement |
Chapter 13
|
| Hong Kong travel documents |
4.9
|
| Housing Public funds definition |
9.2 |
| Human Rights |
ECB2.1
|
| Human Rights Act Appeals |
ECB2.1
APL4.2 |
| Husbands For settlement Of EEA nationals |
See Spouses Chapter 21 |
|
I IASTE students |
18.21 |
| Identity cards, eligible for use as travel documents For EEA nationals For Swiss nationals For crew members |
ECB8.11 ECB8.11 CRM1.9 |
| Immigration acts |
ECB1.1
|
| Immigration Advisory Service |
Annex 27.1 |
| Immigration (EEA) Order 1994 (EEA Regulations 2000) |
Chapter 21
|
| Immigration history of applicant |
ECB10.3
|
| Immigration legislation |
ECB1.1
|
| Immigration powers |
ECB1.1
|
| Immigration Rules |
ECB1.1
|
| Immigration Service Stamps |
ECB14 |
| Income support, public funds definition |
9.2 |
| Incorrect endorsement |
ECB19
|
| Independent means, retired persons of |
Chapter 19
|
| Information From sponsor From official sources |
ECB11 ECB12 |
| Innovators |
18.16
|
| International Association for Exchange Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) |
18.21
|
| International organisations Travel documents issued by |
Annex 5.1 ECB8.14 |
| International Red Cross travel documents |
ECB8.14
|
| Interpreters Accompanying business visitors |
10.5 |
| Interviews General Confidentiality Visit for job interview |
OSI 6.1 10.5 |
|
Invalid Care Allowance |
9.2 APL1.14 |
| Investor |
18.19
|
| Irish Republic Common Travel Area Entry clearance regulations Transit applications |
CTA5
CTA1 , CTA2 CTA5.1 CTA5.2 |
| Islamic divorce (TALAQ) |
Chapter 13 and Annex 13.1
|
| Isle of Man Contact details EEA nationals Entry clearance regulations PBS Referral form Right of appeal |
CTA4
CTA4.4 CTA4.2 CTA4.1 CTA4.1 CTA6 CTA4.3 |
|
J Jacqueline Strike Organisation |
18.20 |
| Jersey Contact details EEA nationals Entry clearance regulations PBS Referral form Right of appeal |
CTA3
CTA3.5 CTA3.3 CTA3.2 CTA3.2 CTA6 CTA3.4 |
| Jewish Agency |
18.21
|
| Job interviews, visits for |
10.5
|
| Journalists Employment |
18.7 |
| Judicial reviews | APL6 |
|
K Kirtani entertainers |
18.20 |
|
L Landing conditions |
ECB13 |
| Language assistants on exchange schemes |
18.6
|
| Lapsing applications |
ECB20
|
| Late appeals |
APL1.14
|
| Law students |
Annex 12.6 (g)
|
| Lawyers |
18.21
|
| Leave to enter |
ECB9.7
|
| Legal profession |
18.21
|
| Legitimacy Act 1976 |
14.15
|
| Letters of approval Limited rights of appeal Lodging an appeal Lodging an appeal in the UK Lodging an appeal at Post |
17.12
APL4 APL1.2 APL1.4 APL1.5 |
| Lorry drivers |
10.5
|
|
M Maintained schools |
See Grant maintained |
| Maintenance Making an appeal |
Chapter 9
APL1.3 |
| Marriage by telephone |
13.10
|
| Marriage, validity of |
13.10
|
| Medical issues |
Chapter 24
|
| Medical officers, referees |
24.5
|
| Medical treatment, visits for |
10.6
|
| Members of Parliament Letters from |
6.3 |
| Midwives require work permits unless they qualify as: Students |
12.5 |
| Minister of overseas goverments, exempt status |
Chapter 5
|
| Ministers if religion Preaching tours |
18.12
10.5 |
| Missionaries Multiple determinations |
18.12
APL2.10 |
| Musicians |
18.20
|
| Music students |
Annex 12.6(h)
|
|
N National Health Service treatment Visitors who may receive |
Annex 10.1 |
| Nautical students |
Chapter 12
|
| News agencies, employment with |
18.7
|
| Non-conducive to public good |
26.12.1
|
| Non-visa nationals Definition and categories requiring entry clearance |
ECB4.2 |
| North sea oil and gas rig employees |
18.21
|
| Nurses require work permits unless they qualify as: Students |
12.25 |
|
O Officials of foreign goverments |
Chapter 5 |
| Offshore oil rigs Employment on |
18.21 |
| Organisations List of those whose employees qualify for exempt status Out of time appeal |
Annex 5.1 APL1.14 |
| Overseas airllines representatives |
18.13
|
| Overseas divorces |
Chapter 13
|
| Overseas Doctors Scheme |
12.6
|
| Overseas domestic workers |
18.9 and 18.10
|
| Overseas firms sole representatives |
18.8
|
| Overseas goverment employees |
18.11
|
| Overseas law, consultants in |
18.21
|
| Overseas news agencies representatives |
18.7
|
|
P Parents For settlement Accompanying children at school |
Chapter 15 12.28 |
| Part-time study |
12.8 |
| Passports Checks of Returnability Two or more persons travelling on one passport Not recognised by HMG Unofficial |
ECB10.3, ECB7 & ECB8 ECB7 ECB10.4 ECB8.3 ECB8.1, 8.3, 8.16 |
| Passports & travel documents in current use | ECB8.5 |
| Pestalozzi Children's Village |
Annex 12.6(j)
|
| PLAB tests (Professional & Linguistic Assessment Board Test) |
12.21
|
| Poets |
18.20
|
| Police registration |
ECB16
|
| Polygamous marriages (incl. potentially polygamous & children of) When are children British Citizens |
Annex 13.3
ROA9 |
| Post Appropriate for application Closure of |
ECB5 OSI |
| Posts which can issue entry clearances |
ECB5
|
| Preaching tours |
10.5 |
| Pre-assessments (the sift) |
OSI |
| "Present and settled" |
13.7
|
| Presenting officers |
Annex 27.1
|
| Priests |
See ministers of religion |
|
Processing appeals |
APL1.7 APL1.8 |
| Professional and Linguistic Assessement Board (PLAB) test |
12.21
|
| Prospective students |
12.9
|
| Proxy marriages |
Chapter 13
|
| Public funds |
9.2 |
|
Q |
|
|
R Race Discrimination |
ECB2.2, APL4.3 |
| Red Cross travel documents |
ECB8.14
|
| REF 1 and REF 2 forms Example |
Annex 26.1 |
| Referrals - Mandatory referrals - Processing times - How to refer - When to refer - Who to refer to |
RDF RDF7 RDF8 RDF5 RDF3 RDF6 |
| Refugees Fees (gratis) Dependants of Travel documents Visa requirements |
ECB6.6 13.6 ECB8.13 ECB4 |
| Refund of fees |
OSI |
| Refusal of entry clearance |
Chapter 26
|
| Refusal notices REF 1 AND 2 |
26.4
|
| Refusal of Direct Airside Trasnsit Visa (DATV) |
Annex 11.2
|
| Refusal wordings |
Annex 26.2
|
| Registration with police |
ECB16
|
| Rehabilitation of offenders |
26.5 and Annex 26.3
|
| Religion, ministers of |
18.12
|
| Reluctant spouses |
13.19
|
| Representations by applicants or sponsors after a refusal |
26.15
|
| Representatives of overseas news agencies |
18.7
|
| Researchers (acadamic, postguaduate) |
10.11
|
| Residence (formerly custodianship) orders Residual right of appeal |
14.13
APL4 |
| Retired person of independent means |
Chapter 19
|
| Returnability |
ECB7
|
| Returning residents |
Chapter 20
|
| Revocation | ECB18 |
| Right of abode Deprivation of right of abode Passport endorsements Proof of right of abode Restriction on exercise of right of abode Who has right of abode When to refer right of abode cases |
ROA
ROA11 ROA7 ROA5 ROA10 ROA2 ROA3 |
| Rights of access to a child |
10.7
|
| Rudolph Steiner schools |
18.21
|
| Rules, immigration Description |
ECB1.1 |
|
S Same sex relationships, settlement |
13.13 |
| Schools English language Maintained Parents visiting children at |
Annex 12.3 (2.1) Annex 12.3 (4) 12.28 |
| Scientology students |
18.12 |
| Seafarers |
CRM1
|
|
International Labour Organisation Convention 1958 |
CRM1.6
APL1.12 |
| Seasonal Agricultural Workers |
18.5 |
| Self employed Business persons Writers, composers, artists |
18.15 18.20 |
| Servants |
18.9 and 18.10
|
| Settlement Children DNA testing Fiancé(e)s Independent means Other dependant relatives Spouses |
Chapter 14 14.21 13.4 Chapter 19 Chapter 15 13.5 |
| Sift, The |
OSI |
| Sole representatives |
18.8
|
| Sole responsibility (children) |
14.5
|
| Solicitors |
18.19
|
| Sponsors Definition in settlement cases |
13.3 |
| Sponsored students |
12.16
|
| Sponsorship (undertaking) form |
Annex 8.1 |
| Sports official |
Treated as sportspersons |
| Sportspersons |
18.21
|
| Spouses, settlement Maintenance and accommodation Asylees |
Chapter 13
Chapter 9 13.6 |
| States not recognised by HMG | ECB8.2 |
| Stateless seafarers |
CRM1.9 |
| Stateless travel documents |
ECB8.13
|
| Students |
Chapter 12
|
| Supporting documents |
OSI |
| Surinder Singh |
21.4.8
|
| Surrogacy |
Chapter 24
|
| "Switching" |
ECB15.2
|
|
T TALAQ divorces |
Chapter 13 |
| Taiwan passports |
ECB8.2
|
| Teachers require work permits unless they qualify as: Exchange teachers |
18.6 |
| Telegraphic referral |
ECB6.5
|
| Telephone numbers: useful |
Not for public disclosure |
| Tomo Communications Ltd |
18.20
|
| Tourists |
10.1
|
| Trade Fairs, visitors to |
10.5
|
| Trade missions Overseas government staff Business persons |
18.11 10.5 |
| Training or Work Experience Scheme (TWES) |
Chapter 17
|
| Transferring an entry clearance | ECB17 |
|
Transits Translations for appeals |
|
| Translators Accompanying a business visitor |
10.5 |
| Travel documents Checking Emergency Issue of new |
ECB8
ECB8.1 & ECB8.8 ECB8.7 ECB8.7 |
| Tribunal recommendations | APL2.11 |
| "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)" |
ECB8.2
|
|
U UK ancestry |
18.14 |
| UK – Japan Youth Exchange Scheme |
18.4
|
| Under 12 concession (children) |
14.17
|
| Undertakings Applicant Failure to comply with Maintenance and accommodation Others Sponsor |
ECB12 ECB12.1 ECB12.6 ECB12.4 & 12.5 ECB12.2 ECB12.2 |
| Uniform Format visa |
ECB9.2
|
| United Nations Staff exempt from control Travel documents |
5.1 ECB8.15 |
| Unofficial passports |
ECB8.16
|
| Unresolved applications/issues |
ECB20
|
| Unused entry clearances | ECB17 |
|
V Validity Of entry clearance |
ECB9.6 & 9.7 |
| Van der Elst |
21.4.20
|
| Vignettes Examples Issuing Cancellations Safeguarding |
ECB9.2 OSI 8.7 ECB9.3-9.5 |
| Visas exemption |
2.2
|
| Visa nationals Definition List of nationalities |
ECB4.1 ECB4.1 |
| Visitor in transit |
Chapter 11
|
| Visitors Family Visits refusal appeals non-family visitor appeals (limited appeal rights) |
Chapter 10
26.3.1 27.16 26.6 and 26.7 |
| VOLAGS |
18.5
|
| Voluntary workers Archaeological digs |
18.21
10.5 |
|
W Witnesses |
26.13 |
| Wives (incl. common law) |
See spouses |
| Work permits |
Chapter 17
|
| Working holiday makers |
18.4
|
| Writers |
18.20
|
|
X X-rays |
Chapter 24 |
|
Y Youth Exchange Scheme (UK – JAPAN) |
18.4 |
|
Z |
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