{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-replacement-of-tier-2-and-fees-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1147",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Replacement of Tier 2 and Fees) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-nationality-replacement-of-tier-2-and-fees-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Part V Exemption: Licensed Sponsors Tiers 2 and 4) Order 2009",
  "text": "(1) Article 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.\n(2) The existing text becomes paragraph (1).\n(3) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) for the definition of “Appendix CS migrant” substitute—\n““child student migrant” means a migrant who—\n(a) made an application for entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix CS: Child Student to the immigration rules which had not been determined immediately before 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020,\n(b) makes an application for entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix Child Student to the immigration rules, or\n(c) has been granted entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix CS: Child Student or Appendix Child Student to the immigration rules;”;\n(b) in the definition of “immediate family”—\n(i) after “Tier 2 migrant’s,” insert “worker migrant’s,”;\n(ii) for “a student migrant who is an Appendix CS migrant” substitute “a child student migrant”;\n(c) omit the definitions of “licensed sponsor” and “sponsor licence”;\n(d) for the definition of “student migrant” substitute—\n““student migrant” means a migrant who—\n(a) made an application for entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix ST: Student to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student, which had not been determined immediately before 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020,\n(b) made an application for entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix CS: Child Student to the immigration rules which had not been determined immediately before that time,\n(c) makes an application for entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix Student to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student,\n(d) makes an application for entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix Child Student to the immigration rules,\n(e) has been granted entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix ST: Student or Appendix Student to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Student, or\n(f) has been granted entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix CS: Child Student or Appendix Child Student to the immigration rules;”;\n(e) in the definition of “Tier 2 migrant”—\n(i) for “makes” substitute “made”;\n(ii) after “the Part 6A Points-based system” insert “, which had not been determined immediately before 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020”;\n(f) in the definition of “Tier 4 (Child) Student” for “within the meaning given by paragraph 6 of” substitute “under”;\n(g) at the end insert—\n““worker migrant” means a migrant who makes an application for entry clearance or leave to remain, or has been granted entry clearance or leave to remain—\n(a) under Appendix Skilled Worker to the immigration rules, other than as the dependant partner or dependant child of a Skilled Worker,\n(b) under Appendix Intra-Company Routes to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the Intra-Company Transfer route or the Intra-Company Graduate Trainee route under that Appendix,\n(c) under Appendix T2 Minister of Religion to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the T2 Minister of Religion route under that Appendix, or\n(d) under Appendix T2 Sportsperson to those rules, other than as a dependant partner or dependant child on the T2 Sportsperson route under that Appendix;\n“worker sponsor” means a person licensed by the Secretary of State as a sponsor of applicants for entry clearance or leave to remain under Appendix Skilled Worker, Appendix Intra-Company Routes, Appendix T2 Minister of Religion or Appendix T2 Sportsperson to the immigration rules.”\n(4) After paragraph (1) insert—\n“(2) In paragraph (1), any reference—\n(a) to an application for entry clearance or leave to remain under an Appendix to the immigration rules being for entry clearance or leave to remain as the dependant partner or dependant child of a particular description of person, or as a dependant partner or dependant child on a particular route under that Appendix, or\n(b) to the clearance or leave granted to a person under an Appendix to the immigration rules being entry clearance or leave to remain as the dependant partner or dependant child of a particular description of person, or as a dependant partner or dependant child on a particular route under that Appendix,\nis to be construed in accordance with the Appendix in question.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The United Kingdom immigration rules were laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC 395) and have been subsequently amended. Appendix CS: Child Student was removed from the rules with effect from 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020 by the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 22nd October 2020 (HC 813), but that Statement of Changes provides that applications made under Appendix CS: Child Student before that time continue to be determined under that Appendix."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Appendix Child Student was added to the United Kingdom immigration rules by the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 22nd October 2020 (HC 813). Appendix Child Student refers to “permission to stay” which is defined in paragraph 6 of the rules to include leave to remain in the United Kingdom."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Appendix ST: Student was removed from the United Kingdom immigration rules with effect from 9.00 a.m. on 1st December 2020 by the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 22nd October 2020 (HC 813), but that Statement of Changes provides that applications made under Appendix ST: Student before that time continue to be determined under that Appendix."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Appendix Student was added to the United Kingdom immigration rules by the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 22nd October 2020 (HC 813). Appendix Student refers to “permission to stay” which is defined in paragraph 6 of the rules to include leave to remain in the United Kingdom."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Appendix Skilled Worker, Appendix Intra-Company Routes, Appendix T2 Minister of Religion and Appendix T2 Sportsperson were added to the United Kingdom immigration rules by the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 22nd October 2020 (HC 813), which also made other related amendments to the rules. The new Appendices refer to “permission to stay” which is defined in paragraph 6 of the rules to include leave to remain in the United Kingdom."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1147/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:24:10.854711+00:00"
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  "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."
}