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Article 4

SCHEDULE 1U.K.

Table

Type of applicationAnnual amount
Application for entry clearance or leave to remain as a student, in accordance with the immigration rules. [F1£776]
Application for entry clearance or leave to remain as the dependant of a student, in accordance with the immigration rules. [F1£776]
[F2Application for entry clearance [F3or leave to remain under Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme to] immigration rules. [F1£776]]
All other applications for entry clearance or leave to remain, made in respect of a person aged 18 years or over at the date of the application.[F4£1,035]
[F5All other applications for entry clearance or leave to remain, made in respect of a person aged under 18 years at the date of the application (whether that person is the applicant or the dependant of the applicant).[F1£776]]

Article 7

SCHEDULE 2U.K.

1.  A person is exempt from paying a charge under article 3 where the person makes an application—U.K.

(a)for entry clearance where, if granted in accordance with the immigration rules, the entry clearance would have effect on arrival in the United Kingdom as leave to enter for 6 months or less, or where the leave to enter which may be granted pursuant to that entry clearance would be for 6 months or less if granted in accordance with the immigration rules;

(b)for [F6entry clearance or leave to remain] under [F7Appendix V to the immigration rules];

F8(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)for leave to remain of any kind made by a child under the age of 18 years where the child is being looked after by a local authority (within the meaning of section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989 M1 or section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 M2 or section 74(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 M3) or where the child is being looked after by an authority (within the meaning of article 25(1) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M4);

(e)for leave to remain which relates to a claim for asylum or humanitarian protection to be considered in accordance with Part 11 of the immigration rules;

(f)for leave to remain which relates to a claim that the person's removal from the United Kingdom would be contrary to the United Kingdom's obligations under article 3 of the Convention (within the meaning of section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 M5);

[F9(fa)for leave to remain by virtue of Appendix Domestic Worker who is a Victim of Modern Slavery to the immigration rules;]

[F10(g)for leave to remain by virtue of Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery to the immigration rules;]

(h)for leave to remain outside the immigration rules with access to public funds under the Home Office policy known as the “Destitution Domestic Violence Concession” published on 2nd December 2013 M6;

[F11(ha)for leave to remain by virtue of Appendix Statelessness to the immigration rules;]

(i)for entry clearance or leave to remain as the dependant of a person who makes an application of a type mentioned in [F12sub-paragraph (e), [F13(f) or (h)]];

(j)for entry clearance or leave to remain as the dependant of a member of Her Majesty's forces under the immigration rules;

(k)for entry clearance or leave to remain as the dependant of a member of a force who is exempt from immigration control under section 8(4)(b) or (c) of the Immigration Act 1971, under the immigration rules;

(l)for entry clearance or leave to remain where provision for such entry clearance or leave has been made pursuant to [F14a retained EU obligation].

[F15(m)for entry clearance under any immigration rules which are identified in the immigration rules as having effect in connection with the granting of entry clearance for the purposes of acquiring leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom by virtue of Appendix EU to the immigration rules;

(n)for leave to remain by virtue of Appendix EU to the immigration rules.]

[F16(o)for entry clearance to enter, or leave to remain in, the United Kingdom—

(i)as a [F17Skilled Worker], or

(ii)as the dependant of a [F17Skilled Worker] (whether or not the application is made at the same time as that of the main applicant),

where the certificate of sponsorship issued in respect of the application by the main applicant confirms the main applicant’s eligibility for a Health and Care Visa provided for by [F18virtue of the document entitled “Health and Care visa guidance (Version 02/22)”] published by the Home Office.]

[F19(p)for entry clearance to enter or leave to remain by virtue of Appendix Ukraine Scheme to the immigration rules.]

Textual Amendments

F6Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(b) substituted (6.4.2017) by The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/420), arts. 1(2), 3(2) (with art. 4)

F8Sch. 2 para. 1(c) omitted (6.4.2017) by virtue of The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/420), arts. 1(2), 3(3) (with art. 4)

F12Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(i) substituted (6.4.2017) by The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/420), arts. 1(2), 3(5) (with art. 4)

Marginal Citations

M6The policy is published at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-benefits-for-visa-holder-domestic-violence. A copy is also available on request from the Home Office.

F202.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

3.  A person is exempt from paying the charge where the person is a British Overseas Territory citizen (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 M7) who is resident in the Falkland Islands.U.K.

Marginal Citations

[F214.  In this Schedule—U.K.

[F22"certificate of sponsorship” means an authorisation, allocated by the Secretary of State to a sponsor and issued to a person by that sponsor, in respect of an application, or potential application, for entry clearance to enter, or leave to remain in, the United Kingdom as a sponsored worker;]

F23...

[F22dependant” in respect of a person (“P”) means—

(i)

the spouse or civil partner of P;

(ii)

someone who has been living with P in a relationship akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least two years; or

(iii)

any other person whose entitlement to make an application referred to in this Order arises by virtue of a connection between that person and P;]

[F22“immigration rules” means the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;]

[F22“main applicant” means the person who has made an application in connection with immigration, as distinct from a person applying as the dependant of such a person;]

F24...

[F25Skilled Worker” means a person who applies for, or who has been granted, entry clearance to enter or leave to remain as a main applicant under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules;]

[F22“sponsor” means a person licensed by the Secretary of State to issue certificates of sponsorship;]

[F22“sponsored worker” means a person seeking entry clearance to enter, or leave to remain in, the United Kingdom for the purposes of employment (whether paid or unpaid) or some other economic activity, where that person is required by the immigration rules to obtain a certificate of sponsorship;]

F26...

F27...

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