# The Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008, Regulation 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In these Regulations—
“biometric card” means a card which forms part of a biometric immigration document and which is issued to a person who has made an application under regulation 3 or 3A recording the holder’s immigration status;
“biometric information” means photographs or fingerprints provided under regulation 5;
“biometric sticker” means a sticker which forms part of a biometric immigration document which—
(a)is issued to a person who has made an application under regulation 3 or 3A recording the holder’s immigration status; and
(b)consists of a stamp or other attachment in a passport or other document which indicates that the holder has been granted entry clearance or limited or indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;
“Certificate of Travel” means a travel document issued in the United Kingdom at the discretion of the Secretary of State to persons who have been formally and, in the view of the Secretary of State, unreasonably refused a passport by their own authorities and who have—
(a)been refused recognition as a refugee or as a stateless person but have been granted discretionary leave to remain or humanitarian protection; or
(b)been granted indefinite leave to enter or remain;
“Convention travel document” means a travel document issued pursuant to Article 28 of the Geneva Convention;
“dependant” means a spouse, a civil partner, an unmarried or same sex partner, or a child;
“eVisa” means an online record of an individual’s immigration status and conditions of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;
“Geneva Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and the New York Protocol of 31st January 1967;
“humanitarian protection” means protection granted in accordance with Part 11 of the immigration rules;
“immigration rules” means the rules for the time being laid down as mentioned in section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;
“leave to enter” means limited or indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 or the immigration rules;
“leave to remain” means limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom given in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Act 1971 or the immigration rules;
“refugee” means a person who falls within Article 1 of the Geneva Convention;
“Stateless Convention” means the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons done at New York on 28th September 1954; and
“Stateless Person’s Travel Document” means a travel document issued pursuant to Article 28 of the Stateless Convention.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3048/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-regulations-2008/regulation-2
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