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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-remain-prescribed-forms-and-procedures-regulations-2005/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/771",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-leave-to-remain-prescribed-forms-and-procedures-regulations-2005",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations revoke and partly replace the Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1712) (“the 2003 Regulations”).\nThese Regulations, like the 2003 Regulations, prescribe forms which are to be used for applications for limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. Each form relates to specific categories of applicant, as set out in regulations 3 to 11 respectively. These Regulations replace the prescribed forms set out in the schedules to the 2003 Regulations with revised application forms. The changes to the application forms are mainly to the layout, although there are some additional questions, some additional requests for documentary evidence, and other minor changes. There are no changes to the prescribed form at Schedule 2 of these Regulations (Form FLR (IED)).\nAs in the 2003 Regulations, and by virtue of regulation 12 of these Regulations, an application made on a prescribed form may include an application in respect of anyone applying for leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a dependent of the main applicant.\nThese Regulations, like the 2003 Regulations, prescribe the procedures which are to be followed in relation to an application for which a form is prescribed. Regulation 13 of these Regulations makes some changes to the procedures prescribed by the 2003 Regulations.\nRegulation 13(1) of these Regulations provides that applications for limited or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a business person, as a sole representative, as a retired person of independent means, as an investor, or as an innovator, may only be submitted by post or courier. These applications may not be submitted at a public enquiry office.\nRegulation 13(2) of these Regulations provides that applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom for work permit employment, as a seasonal agricultural worker, for the purposes of employment under the Sectors-Based Scheme, or for Home Office approved training or work experience, may now be submitted at the Public Enquiry Office in Croydon. These applications could previously only be made by post or courier. Applications for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a highly skilled migrant can still only be submitted by post or courier.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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