The Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2006/1421 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 1548

IMMIGRATION

The Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Made

14th June 2006

Laid before Parliament

19th June 2006

Coming into force

22nd June 2006

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31A of the Immigration Act 1971(1), makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 22nd June 2006.

Amendment

2.  The Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) Regulations 2006(2) shall be amended as follows.

3.  For the form set out in Schedule 1 there is substituted the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

4.  For the form set out in Schedule 3 there is substituted the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

5.  For the form set out in Schedule 8 there is substituted the form set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

6.  For the form set out in Schedule 9 there is substituted the form set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

Liam Byrne

Minister of State

Home Office

14th June 2006

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 4

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Immigration (Leave to Remain) (Prescribed Forms and Procedures) Regulations 2006 (“the 2006 Regulations”). The 2006 Regulations prescribe forms to be used for applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom and the procedures to be followed in relation to an application for which a form is prescribed.

Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6 of these Regulations substitute the Schedules set out in these Regulations for Schedules 1, 3, 8 and 9 to the 2006 Regulations.

The forms set out in the relevant Schedules to the 2006 Regulations contained errors. In particular section 6 I of the form set out in Schedule 1 to the 2006 Regulations was not sufficiently clear in respect of the documentary evidence which it asked for. In addition in a tick box in the form set out in Schedule 3 to the 2006 Regulations “indefinite leave to remain” was referred to whereas it should have been “extension of stay”. In section 6, note 4 of the form set out in Schedule 8 to the 2006 Regulations the word “times” was mistakenly used whereas it should have been “items”. Finally in the sponsor’s undertaking in section 9 of the form set out in Schedule 9 to the 2006 Regulations the reference to “income support” should in fact have been to “public funds”.

(1)

1971 c. 77. Section 31A was inserted by section 165 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) and amended by section 121 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).

(2)

S.I. 2006/1421.