Paragraph 18 Evacuated or assisted British nationals from AfghanistanI1

Northern Ireland

A person who—

(a)

is a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas), a British Overseas Citizen, a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981^f1 or a British protected person within the meaning of the Act;

(b)

was either—

(i)

evacuated from Afghanistan by or on behalf of the United Kingdom, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member state, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran or Qatar during the period of the operation known as Operation Pitting, which began on 14th August 2021 and ended on 28th August 2021; or

(ii)

assisted by or on behalf of the United Kingdom, after 28th August 2021 and before 6th January 2022, to leave Afghanistan;

(c)

has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since they were evacuated from or otherwise left Afghanistan; and

(d)

is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 18 in operation at 1.9.2023, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c.61