# The Immigration Appeals (Family Visitor) Regulations 2012, Regulation 2: Class or description of person to be visited


(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—
(a) the applicant for entry clearance (“A”) is a member of the family of P; and
(b) P’s circumstances match those specified in regulation 3.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), A is a member of the family of P if A is the—
(a) spouse, civil partner, father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother or sister;
(b) father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law;
(c) son-in-law or daughter-in-law; or
(d) stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother or stepsister;
of P.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), A is also a member of the family of P if A is the partner of P.
(4) In this regulation, A is the partner of P if—
(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
(b) such relationship is genuine and subsisting.
(5) In this regulation—
(a) “father-in-law of P” includes the father of P’s civil partner;
(b) “mother-in-law of P” includes the mother of P’s civil partner;
(c) “brother-in-law of P” includes the brother of P’s civil partner;
(d) “sister-in-law of P” includes the sister of P’s civil partner;
(e) “son-in-law of P” includes the son of P’s civil partner;
(f) “daughter-in-law of P” includes the daughter of P’s civil partner;
(g) “stepfather of P” includes the person who is the civil partner of A’s father (but is not A’s parent);
(h) “stepmother of P” includes the person who is the civil partner of A’s mother (but is not A’s parent);
(i) “stepson of P” includes the person who is the son of A’s civil partner (but is not A’s son);
(j) “stepdaughter of P” includes the person who is the daughter of A’s civil partner (but is not A’s daughter);
(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
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1532/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-appeals-family-visitor-regulations-2012/regulation-2
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