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Paragraph 1 Interpretation

United Kingdom

In this Schedule—

  • F1...

  • F2“Appendix EU biometric residence card” means a document (within the meaning given by section 126(9) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) issued to a person granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix EU to the immigration rules on which biometric information is recorded under regulation 6A of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006;

  • “Assisted Voluntary Return programme” means any arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 58 of the 2002 Act;

  • “certificate of travel” means a travel document issued at the discretion of the Secretary of State to a person who has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom and is unable to obtain a passport issued by their national authority;

  • F3“contact point meeting” means, in relation to an applicant under Appendix Innovator Founder to the immigration rules, a meeting between the applicant and an endorsing body to assess progress against the applicant’s business plan;

  • “convention travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 M1;

  • “Direct Airside Transit Visa” means a transit visa within the meaning of section 41(2) of the 1999 Act, authorising the holder to remain within an airport, without passing through immigration control, pending departure on another flight from the same airport;

  • “document of identity” means a travel document issued in the United Kingdom to a person who is not a British citizen which enables the holder to make one journey out of the United Kingdom;

  • F4“endorsing body” means an organisation which is approved by the Secretary of State to endorse an individual or business in connection with an application under the immigration rules;

  • F5...

  • F6“ETA” has the meaning given by section 11C of the 1971 Act (electronic travel authorisations);

  • “stateless person's travel document” means a travel document issued in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954 M2;

  • “transfer of conditions” means F7an addition to a passport, or other document issued to an applicant which indicates that a person has been granted leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), regs. 1(2), 46(2)(a)

F2

Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (30.3.2019 at 7.00 a.m.) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Refund, Waiver and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/475), regs. 1(3)(f), 7(2)

F3

Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(a)(i)

F4

Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (10.4.2024) by The Immigration, Nationality and Passport (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/398), regs. 1(2)(b), 8(a)(ii)

F5

Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (7.3.2025) by virtue of The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/282), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(a)

F6

Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (25.10.2023) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1004), regs. 1(5), 5(2) (with reg. 12)

F7

Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (19.7.2021) by The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/768), arts. 1(3), 3(3)

Marginal citations

M1

United Nations, Treaty Series, volume 189 at page 137.

M2

United Nations, Treaty Series, volume 360 at page 117.