PART 4Overseas visitors exempt from charges

F1Persons who make late applications under Appendix EU to the immigration rules13A

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F2No charge may be made or recovered in respect of relevant services provided to an overseas visitor to whom paragraph (2) or (3) applies during the period which begins with the date on which the application mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or (3)(b), as the case may be, is made and which ends with the date on which that application is finally determined under Appendix EU to the immigration rules.

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This paragraph applies to a person who is an overseas visitor by virtue of section 39 of the 2014 Act who—

a

is eligible to apply for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix EU to the immigration rules, and

b

makes a valid application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under that Appendix to those rules after the application deadline.

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This paragraph applies to a person who is an overseas visitor by virtue of section 39 of the 2014 Act who—

a

was granted limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix EU to the immigration rules, and

b

after the expiry of that limited leave to enter or remain, makes a valid application for indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under Appendix EU to the immigration rules.

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Where a person has made an application mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or (3)(b) and has received relevant services during the period specified in paragraph (1), if the relevant body—

a

has made charges for relevant services received during that period, but has not yet recovered them, it must not recover those charges;

b

has made and recovered charges for relevant services received during that period, it must repay any sum paid in respect of those charges.

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In paragraph (2), “application deadline” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.