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Benefits for Migrants Handbook (15th edition)
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Part 2: Immigration law
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Benefits for Migrants Handbook (15th edition)
Part 2: Immigration law
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Part 2: Immigration law
Chapter 2: Immigration and nationality law: overview
1. Immigration and nationality law
Sources of law
Relevant institutions
2. The main types of immigration status
Immigration bail
3. British nationality
Multiple nationalities
British nationals and the right of abode
Acquiring British citizenship at birth
Registering as a British citizen after 10 years
Registering due to unfairness or exceptional circumstances
4. Immigration and nationality applications
Applying from outside the UK
Applying from within the UK
Application procedure
Home Office application fees
Immigration health surcharge
Home Office fee waiver policy
Fee waivers for overseas applications
Fee waivers for children's citizenship applications
Section 3C extension of leave to remain
5. Appeals and other remedies
Appeals to the First-tier Tribunal
Rights of appeal
Appeal time limits
In-country and out-of-country appeals
Certification
Tribunal fees
Administrative review
Administrative review time limits
Judicial review
6. Deportation and administrative removal
Automatic deportation
Public good deportation
Family members of people facing deportation
Challenging deportation decisions
Administrative removal and voluntary return
Chapter 3: Leave to enter or remain
1. Leave to enter or remain
Conditions of leave
Who is exempt from the usual conditions
Turkish nationals
2. Time-limited leave
3. Indefinite leave
4. Employment
5. Recourse to public funds
What public funds mean
Applications to have ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition removed
6. Leave as a family member
Who is a sponsor
Financial requirements
Adequate maintenance
Adequate accommodation
If your circumstances change
Maintenance undertakings
Leave to remain as a partner on the five-year route to settlement
7. Private life routes
8. Domestic violence and bereavement
Domestic violence
Bereavement
9. The points-based system
Chapter 4: Asylum and human rights
1. Asylum seekers
Applying for asylum
Detention and removal
Permission to work
2. Refugee leave and humanitarian protection
Family reunion
Exclusions
3. Fresh applications
4. Victims of human trafficking or slavery
5. Stateless people
6. Leave for human rights and compassionate reasons
Leave granted under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights grounds
Unaccompanied children
Leave outside the rules
Discretionary leave
Restricted leave
Exceptional leave
Migrant victims of domestic abuse concession
Leave outside the Immigration Rules for other reasons
Afghan resettlement and relocation schemes
Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy
Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
Appendix Ukraine Scheme
Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)
Ukraine Extension Scheme
Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme
Ukraine Family Scheme
Hong Kong British national (overseas) route
Chapter 5: European Economic Area nationals and their families
1. The European Economic Area member states
2. Immigration categories for European Economic Area nationals and family members
3. The European Union Settlement Scheme
Who is eligible for leave under the EUSS
Direct family members under the EUSS
Extended family members under the EUSS
Family members of Northern Irish citizens
General deadline to apply to the EUSS
4. Leave under the European Union Settlement Scheme
Settled status
Continuous residence
Pre-settled status
Suitability for settled and pre-settled status
Retained rights and the EUSS
Derivative rights and the EUSS
Family members of British citizens under the EUSS ('Surinder Singh' cases)
5. Progressing from pre-settled status to settled status
6. Late applications to the European Union Settlement Scheme
If you are waiting for an application to be decided
Deadlines for EUSS applications
7. Challenging European Union Settlement Scheme decisions
8. Arriving from 1 January 2021 onwards
European Economic Area nationals newly arriving, not joining family already resident in the UK
Family members arriving to join European Economic Area nationals already resident in the UK
EUSS family permits
Applying to the EUSS from outside the UK
EUSS travel permits
9. Frontier workers
Who is eligible for a frontier worker permit
How to apply for a frontier worker permit
Family members of frontier workers
10. Documentation under the European Union Settlement Scheme
11. Deportation
Deportation rules for offences committed before 31 December 2020
Deportation rules for offences committed after 31 December 2020
Chapter 6: Checking your immigration status
1. Introduction
2. British nationals and people with the right of abode
3. People with leave to enter or remain
Entry clearance confirming leave to enter
Leave to enter without entry clearance
Leave to remain granted in the UK
Biometric residence permits
Leave extended for an application, appeal or administrative review
Travel and status documents issued to non-UK nationals
4. People without leave
5. Long-term residents and the 'Windrush generation'
6. Asylum seekers
7. European Economic Area nationals
Under the European Union Settlement Scheme
Under the Immigration Rules
8. Passport issues
Leaving the UK
New or lost passports
Illegible passport stamps
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CPAG. "Part 2: Immigration law." In
Benefits for Migrants Handbook (15th edition).
, 2024. Accessed March 12, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-258309CITANCHOR.
CPAG. "Part 2: Immigration law." In
Benefits for Migrants Handbook (15th edition).
, 2024. Accessed March 12, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-258309CITANCHOR.
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