The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 No. 330

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. SPONSORSHIP

Interpretation U.K.

1.  In this Schedule—

“confirmation of acceptance for studies” means an authorisation issued 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, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a student;

“premium services for sponsors” means the optional premium customer services offered by the Home Office to certain sponsors;

“small or charitable sponsor” means a sponsor that is—

(a)

a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006 M1 ;

(b)

in the case of a person who is not a company for the purposes of that section, a person who employs no more than 50 employees; or

(c)

a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011 M2 , or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 M3 , or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register M4 ;

“sponsorship management request” means an electronic request made by a sponsor in connection with their sponsor licence, through their sponsorship management system account;

[F1 “students” means applicants for entry clearance to enter, or limited leave to remain in, the United Kingdom under Appendix ST: Student or Appendix CS: Child Student to the immigration rules;

“the student route” means either or both of—

(a)

the Student route provided for by Appendix ST: Student to the immigration rules;

(b)

the Child Student route provided for by Appendix CS: Child Student to the immigration rules;

“Student Sponsor basic compliance assessment” means the check which a sponsor with Probationary Sponsor status must apply for in order to become registered as having Student Sponsor status, or for which sponsors already registered with Student Sponsor status must apply in order to maintain that registration;]

“Tier” means the route, provided for in Part 6A of the immigration rules, by which a person seeking entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant F2 ... or a Tier 5 Migrant applies for such entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain;

F3 ...

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 inserted (5.10.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/966), regs. 1(2), 20(2)(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 omitted (5.10.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/966), regs. 1(2), 20(2)(b)

F3 Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 omitted (5.10.2020 at 9.00 a.m.) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 4 and Fees) and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/966), regs. 1(2), 20(2)(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 2006 c. 46; section 381 was amended by S.I. 2008/393.

M2 2011 c. 25.

M3 2008 c. 12.

M4 The Scottish Charity Register was set up pursuant to section 3 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 10).