# The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000, Article 13A: Partners and children of members of HM Forces


(1) Any period of time spent by a person to whom this article applies accompanying their partner, or, as the case may be, parent, who is posted outside the United Kingdom and Islands as a member of Her Majesty’s Forces does not count towards the period mentioned in article 13(4)(a).
(2) This article applies to a person who has leave—
(a) as the partner or child of a member of HM Forces under Appendix Armed Forces to the immigration rules (“Appendix Armed Forces”);
(b) as the spouse, civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, or child of a member of HM Forces under Part 7 of the immigration rules; or
(c) as the spouse, civil partner, unmarried or same-sex partner, or child of a British citizen or person who is settled in the United Kingdom under Part 8 of the immigration rules where that British Citizen or, as the case may be, settled person, is a member of Her Majesty’s Forces.
(3) In paragraph (1)—
(a) the reference to a person’s “partner” means—
(i) in relation to a person falling within paragraph (2)(a), the partner in respect of whom they have leave under Appendix Armed Forces and,
(ii) in relation to a person falling within paragraph (2)(b) or (2)(c), the spouse, civil partner, unmarried or same sex partner in respect of whom they have leave under Part 7 or, as the case may be, Part 8, of the immigration rules; and
(b) the reference to a person’s “parent” means the parent in respect of whom they have leave under Appendix Armed Forces, or, as the case may be, Part 7 or Part 8 of the immigration rules.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1161/article/13A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-enter-and-remain-order-2000/article-13A
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