{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111473559",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-biometric-registration-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008",
  "text": "For regulation 4 of the 2008 Regulations (Specified categories) substitute—\n“Specified categories\n4. The specified categories under the immigration rules are—\n(a) as a Tier 4 (General) Student;\n(b) as a Tier 4 (Child) Student;\n(c) as a postgraduate doctor or dentist;\n(d) as an Academic Visitor granted leave in the United Kingdom for a period exceeding 6 months;\n(e) as the spouse or civil partner of a person present and settled in the United Kingdom;\n(f) as the unmarried or same-sex partner of a person present and settled in the United Kingdom;\n(g) as a visitor for private medical treatment;\n(h) as a domestic worker in a private household;\n(i) on the grounds of United Kingdom ancestry;\n(j) as a retired person of independent means;\n(k) as the spouse or civil partner of a person with limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a retired person of independent means;\n(l) as the child of a person with limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a retired person of independent means; or\n(m) as a sole representative.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111473559/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:59.406179+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}