{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3048",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Content of a biometric immigration document",
  "text": "(1) A biometric immigration document may contain some or all of the following information ... —\n(a) the title of the document;\n(b) the document number;\n(c) the name of the holder;\n(d) the holder’s date of birth;\n(e) the holder’s place of birth;\n(f) the holder’s nationality;\n(g) the sex of the holder;\n(h) the period for which the holder has leave to enter or remain;\n(i) the class of leave to enter or remain which the holder has;\n(j) any conditions to which the limited leave to enter or remain is subject or remarks relating to those conditions;\n(ja) other information connected with the holder’s immigration status or nationality;\n(k) the place and date of issue of the document;\n(l) the period for which the document is valid;\n(m) the holder’s facial image;\n(n) the signature of the holder;\n(o) a machine readable code;\n(p) a hologram;\n(q) an emblem of the United Kingdom and the words “United Kingdom”;\n(r) the symbol of the International Civil Aviation Organization denoting a machine readable travel document which contains a contactless microchip; and\n(s) any additional security features;\n(t) the holder’s national insurance number; and\n(u) the holder’s chargeable status for NHS treatment.\n(2) A biometric immigration document may contain some or all of the following within a radio frequency electronic microchip embedded in the document —\n(a) any of the information specified in paragraph (1)(a) to (m);\n(b) information relating to a record of any two of the holder’s fingerprints; and\n(c) any additional security features.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(1) omitted (1.7.2021) by virtue of The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 15(1)(h) substituted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 13(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 15(1)(i) substituted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 13(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(1)(j) inserted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 13(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 15(1)(ja) inserted (1.7.2021) by The Immigration (Collection, Use and Retention of Biometric Information and Related Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/772), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 3(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 15(1)(t)(u) inserted (17.3.2015) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/433), regs. 1(1), 13(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 25.11.2008, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3048/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:21:30.508970+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."
}