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Home Office policies and concessions
Home Office policies and concessions
Practice notes

This Practice Note sets out how the Secretary of State for the Home Department formulates policies and signposts sources of information on concessions. It also explains how to formulate an argument based on a concession and the remedies available if a decision adverse to an applicant is reached.

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Are there any difficulties from the perspective of the Home Office’s Tiers 2 and 5 Sponsor guidance or otherwise with a prospective non-EEA or Croatian employee paying the sponsor licence fee for a Tier 2 (General) licence for an employer who wishes to take them on (and if the applications is successful, the immigration skills charge)?
Are there any difficulties from the perspective of the Home Office’s Tiers 2 and 5 Sponsor guidance or otherwise with a prospective non-EEA or Croatian employee paying the sponsor licence fee for a Tier 2 (General) licence for an employer who wishes to take them on (and if the applications is successful, the immigration skills charge)?
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Are there any exceptions to the general rule that a Zambrano carer of a British citizen child cannot access mainstream benefits?
Are there any exceptions to the general rule that a Zambrano carer of a British citizen child cannot access mainstream benefits?
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Can a Child Student who is extending their stay to undertake a new course at the same school commence study after the CAS is assigned but before the leave application is decided?
Can a Child Student who is extending their stay to undertake a new course at the same school commence study after the CAS is assigned but before the leave application is decided?
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Can a director of a ‘specified limited company’ rely on salary and dividend income from the last six months alone towards meeting the minimum income threshold under Appendix FM, or do they have to wait until the completion of the company’s next ‘full financial year’ (where the earnings from the last full financial year were not sufficient to meet the threshold)?
Can a director of a ‘specified limited company’ rely on salary and dividend income from the last six months alone towards meeting the minimum income threshold under Appendix FM, or do they have to wait until the completion of the company’s next ‘full financial year’ (where the earnings from the last full financial year were not sufficient to meet the threshold)?
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Can a legal representative complete a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa application on behalf of the applicant (in addition to just supporting the applicant with the application)?
Can a legal representative complete a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa application on behalf of the applicant (in addition to just supporting the applicant with the application)?
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Can a person applying as a spouse under Appendix FM meet the minimum income threshold by using cash savings held for more than a full six months but transferred in full from one savings account to another in the middle of the six months?
Can a person applying as a spouse under Appendix FM meet the minimum income threshold by using cash savings held for more than a full six months but transferred in full from one savings account to another in the middle of the six months?
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Can a Tier 2 (General) migrant set up a business in the UK as long as they are not the controlling shareholder, and the work falls in line with the supplementary employment criteria?
Can a Tier 2 (General) migrant set up a business in the UK as long as they are not the controlling shareholder, and the work falls in line with the supplementary employment criteria?
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Can a Tier 2 sponsor reduce a sponsored migrant’s number of weekly hours in order for them to be able to undertake supplementary employment (for another employer)? If so, is the sponsor required to report this change in employment via the sponsor management system?
Can a Tier 2 sponsor reduce a sponsored migrant’s number of weekly hours in order for them to be able to undertake supplementary employment (for another employer)? If so, is the sponsor required to report this change in employment via the sponsor management system?
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Can a Tier 4 (General) student set up and establish a charity in the UK?
Can a Tier 4 (General) student set up and establish a charity in the UK?
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Can an applicant have two applications pending with the Home Office at the same time, where one application has been made under the Immigration Rules, and the other under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016?
Can an applicant have two applications pending with the Home Office at the same time, where one application has been made under the Immigration Rules, and the other under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016?
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Can an overseas national who is a director of a UK company be precluded from entering the UK as a genuine business visitor in order to undertake permitted visitor activities by the fact that they are paid director fees by the company?
Can an overseas national who is a director of a UK company be precluded from entering the UK as a genuine business visitor in order to undertake permitted visitor activities by the fact that they are paid director fees by the company?
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Can artists (who will be performing in the entertainment industry) apply as a standard visitor or would they need to apply under the Permitted Paid Engagement category?
Can artists (who will be performing in the entertainment industry) apply as a standard visitor or would they need to apply under the Permitted Paid Engagement category?
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Can the durable partner of an EEA citizen (in the UK with status under the EUSS) apply for entry clearance as a joining family member if that relationship started before 31 December 2020?
Can the durable partner of an EEA citizen (in the UK with status under the EUSS) apply for entry clearance as a joining family member if that relationship started before 31 December 2020?
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Can you combine income from salaried and non-salaried employment under category A in order to meet the financial requirement in Appendix FM?
Can you combine income from salaried and non-salaried employment under category A in order to meet the financial requirement in Appendix FM?
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Do accommodation and travel costs need to be booked and paid for (by the sponsoring company for a permitted paid engagements visitor) in advance or is it sufficient to state that this will be covered by the company (eg by an undertaking)?
Do accommodation and travel costs need to be booked and paid for (by the sponsoring company for a permitted paid engagements visitor) in advance or is it sufficient to state that this will be covered by the company (eg by an undertaking)?
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Do dependent partners and children of a person applying for a change of employer also need to apply for an extension of stay? What are the relevant forms?
Do dependent partners and children of a person applying for a change of employer also need to apply for an extension of stay? What are the relevant forms?
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Do sponsored students have to be employed on fixed term contracts?
Do sponsored students have to be employed on fixed term contracts?
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Does an EU national with a stamp in their passport confirming that the condition attached to the grant of leave to land is hereby cancelled, dated prior to the coming into force of the Immigration Act 1971, amount to sufficient evidence so that the individual can apply for naturalisation straight away without needing to hold permanent residence for 12 months first?
Does an EU national with a stamp in their passport confirming that the condition attached to the grant of leave to land is hereby cancelled, dated prior to the coming into force of the Immigration Act 1971, amount to sufficient evidence so that the individual can apply for naturalisation straight away without needing to hold permanent residence for 12 months first?
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Does an extended family member of an EEA/Swiss national have a right of appeal against a refusal of an EEA family permit?
Does an extended family member of an EEA/Swiss national have a right of appeal against a refusal of an EEA family permit?
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Does an immigration officer need a warrant to enter a client’s home address?
Does an immigration officer need a warrant to enter a client’s home address?
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