Immigration Rules Browser
Read the Immigration Rules as they stood on any past date.
History runs from 1994. The text is reconstructed from the Statements of
Changes and, where a gov.uk archive capture exists, confirmed against it;
earlier years rely on the Statements alone. The Statements of Changes are
the authority for the position on an exact date.
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Parts of the Immigration Rules
- Introduction to the Immigration Rules
- Part 1 — General provisions regarding leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom
- Part 2 — Transitional provisions
- Part 3 — Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for studies
- Part 4 — Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in an “au pair” placement, as a working holidaymaker, or for training or work experience
- Part 5 — Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for employment
- Part 6 — Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a businessman, self-employed person, investor, writer, composer or artist
- Part 6A — Points-based system
- Part 7 — Other categories
- Part 8 — Family members
- Part 9 — Suitability
- Part 10 — Registration with the police
- Part 11 — Asylum
- Part 11A — Temporary protection
- Part 11B — Asylum (Refugee Convention)
- Part 12 — Procedure and rights of appeal
- Part 13 — Deportation
- Part 14 — Stateless persons
- Part 15 — ATAS condition
Appendices
- Appendix: Visa Requirements for the United Kingdom
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3 (Tuberculosis screening)
- Appendix 7 (Tier 2 General — Statement of Written Terms form)
- Appendix A (Points-based system — Attributes)
- Appendix Administrative Review
- Appendix Adoption
- Appendix Adult Dependent Relative
- Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP)
- Appendix AR (EU)
- Appendix ATAS
- Appendix B (Points-based system — English language)
- Appendix Bereaved Partner
- Appendix C (Points-based system — Maintenance funds)
- Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection)
- Appendix Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection)
- Appendix Child Student
- Appendix Children
- Appendix Continuous Residence
- Appendix D (Records to be kept by sponsors)
- Appendix Domestic Worker who is a Victim of Modern Slavery
- Appendix Domestic Workers in a Private Household
- Appendix E (Maintenance funds for student dependants)
- Appendix ECAA — Extension of Stay
- Appendix ECAA — Settlement
- Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation
- Appendix English Language
- Appendix ETA National List
- Appendix EU
- Appendix EU (Family Permit)
- Appendix F (Archived Immigration Rules)
- Appendix Family Reunion (Protection)
- Appendix Family Reunion (Sponsors with Protection)
- Appendix Finance
- Appendix FM (Family Members)
- Appendix FM-SE
- Appendix G (Youth Mobility Scheme — country allocations)
- Appendix Global Business Mobility Routes
- Appendix Global Talent
- Appendix Graduate
- Appendix Gurkha and Hong Kong military unit veteran
- Appendix High Potential Individual
- Appendix HM Armed Forces
- Appendix Hong Kong British National
- Appendix I (Tier 2 settlement — transitional)
- Appendix Innovator Founder
- Appendix International Armed Forces and International Civilian Employees
- Appendix International Sportsperson
- Appendix J (Codes of Practice — Skilled Worker salary rates)
- Appendix K (Shortage Occupation List)
- Appendix KOL UK
- Appendix KoLL
- Appendix Long Residence
- Appendix O (Approved English language tests)
- Appendix Overseas Domestic Worker
- Appendix P (Approved English language test providers)
- Appendix Parent of a Child Student
- Appendix Private Life
- Appendix Q (Tier 2 — Statement of Written Terms form)
- Appendix Relationship with Partner
- Appendix Representative of an Overseas Business
- Appendix Returning Resident
- Appendix S (Highly Skilled Migrant Programme — transitional)
- Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor
- Appendix Scale-up
- Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland
- Appendix Settlement (Family Life)
- Appendix Settlement (Protection)
- Appendix Short-term Student
- Appendix Skilled Occupations
- Appendix Skilled Worker
- Appendix SN (Service of notices)
- Appendix Start-up
- Appendix Statelessness
- Appendix Student
- Appendix T2 Minister of Religion
- Appendix Temporary Permission to Stay for Victims of Human Trafficking or Slavery
- Appendix Temporary Work — Charity Worker
- Appendix Temporary Work — Creative Worker
- Appendix Temporary Work — Government Authorised Exchange
- Appendix Temporary Work — International Agreement
- Appendix Temporary Work — Religious Worker
- Appendix Temporary Work — Seasonal Worker
- Appendix Tuberculosis (TB)
- Appendix UK Ancestry
- Appendix UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme
- Appendix Ukraine Scheme
- Appendix V (Visitor)
- Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse
- Appendix VIP Delegate Visa
- Appendix W
- Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme
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Each appendix carries a number of effective dates — the dates on which a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules came into force. Stepping back in time gives you the rule text as it stood on that date. Stepping forward shows you each successive amendment. The diff and annotation toggles let you see exactly which words were added, removed, or substituted between versions — useful for advising on cases governed by an earlier version of a rule, or for tracing how a particular requirement has evolved.