Regulation 15 Content of a biometric immigration document

(1)

A biometric immigration document may contain some or all of the following information on the face of the document —

(a)

the title of the document;

(b)

the document number;

(c)

the name of the holder;

(d)

the holder’s date of birth;

(e)

the holder’s place of birth;

(f)

the holder’s nationality;

(g)

the sex of the holder;

(h)

the period of leave to remain which the person is granted;

(i)

the class of leave to remain which the person is granted;

(j)

any conditions to which the limited leave to remain is subject or remarks relating to those conditions;

(k)

the place and date of issue of the document;

(l)

the period for which the document is valid;

(m)

the holder’s facial image;

(n)

the signature of the holder;

(o)

a machine readable code;

(p)

a hologram;

(q)

an emblem of the United Kingdom and the words “United Kingdom”;

(r)

the symbol of the International Civil Aviation Organization denoting a machine readable travel document which contains a contactless microchip; and

(s)

any additional security features.

(2)

A biometric immigration document may contain some or all of the following within a radio frequency electronic microchip embedded in the document —

(a)

any of the information specified in paragraph (1)(a) to (m);

(b)

information relating to a record of any two of the holder’s fingerprints; and

(c)

any additional security features.