{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-appeals-family-visitor-regulations-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-appeals-family-visitor-regulations-2012/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1532",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-appeals-family-visitor-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Class or description of person to be visited",
  "text": "(1) A person (“P”) is of a class or description prescribed for the purposes of section 88A(1)(a) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (entry clearance), if—\n(a) the applicant for entry clearance (“A”) is a member of the family of P; and\n(b) P’s circumstances match those specified in regulation 3.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), A is a member of the family of P if A is the—\n(a) spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother or sister;\n(b) father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law;\n(c) son-in-law or daughter-in-law; or\n(d) stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister;\nof P.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), A is also a member of the family of P if A is the partner of P.\n(4) In this regulation, A is the partner of P if—\n(a) A and P have been in a relationship that is akin to a marriage or civil partnership for at least the two years before the day on which A’s application for entry clearance was made; and\n(b) such relationship is genuine and subsisting.\n(5) In this regulation—\n(a) “father-in-law of P” includes the father of P’s civil partner;\n(b) “mother-in-law of P” includes the mother of P’s civil partner;\n(c) “brother-in-law of P” includes the brother of P’s civil partner;\n(d) “sister-in-law of P” includes the sister of P’s civil partner;\n(e) “son-in-law of P” includes the son of P’s civil partner;\n(f) “daughter-in-law of P” includes the daughter of P’s civil partner;\n(g) “stepfather of P” includes the person who is the civil partner of A’s father (but is not A’s parent);\n(h) “stepmother of P” includes the person who is the civil partner of A’s mother (but is not A’s parent);\n(i) “stepson of P” includes the person who is the son of A’s civil partner (but is not A’s son);\n(j) “stepdaughter of P” includes the person who is the daughter of A’s civil partner (but is not A’s daughter);\n(k) “stepbrother of P” includes the person who is the son of the civil parent of A’s parent (but is not the son of either of A’s parents); and\n(l) “stepsister of P” includes the person who is the daughter of the civil partner of A’s parent (but is not the daughter of either of A’s parents).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1532/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:03.222736+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."
}