Paragraph 11 Afghan nationalsI1

Scotland

A student is an excepted student if that student—

(a)

is an Afghan national who—

(i)

has been granted limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom under the Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme^f1 operated by the Home Office,

(ii)

has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom F1... since that person was first granted such limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom, and

(iii)

is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date, or

(b)

is the spouse, civil partner or child of a person described in sub-paragraph (a) and is ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date.

Annotations

F1: Words in sch. 1 para. 11(a)(ii) omitted (1.8.2024) by virtue of The Education (Fees and Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/140), regs. 1, 2(7)

f1: A copy of the Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme can be viewed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-locally-employed-staff-ex-gratia-scheme?msclkid=eb3bcf90c7b011ec9e31d7ef58015018.