5. No fee shall be payable in connection with an application falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “application” in regulation 2 above in any of the following circumstances—
(a)the application is made under the terms of a European Community Association Agreement;
(b)the application is made in respect of a person seeking leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a highly skilled migrant under the immigration rules;
(c)the application is made in respect of a person seeking leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a seasonal agricultural worker under the immigration rules;
(d)the application is made in respect of a person seeking leave to remain in the United Kingdom for work permit employment under the immigration rules, where, at the time of making the application, the applicant—
(i)holds a valid immigration employment document, or
(ii)is also making an application for an immigration employment document; or
(e)the application is made in respect of a person seeking indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom on grounds of domestic violence under the immigration rules where, at the time of making the application, the applicant appears to the Secretary of State to be destitute.
