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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff decide applications for permission to stay under the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Updated guidance with information about the change from Biometric Residence Permits to eVisa.
Updated guidance to highlight the changes to eligibility for UES after 16 May 2024and to provide guidance on what to do when an applicant who already holds permission under Ukraine Schemes makes an application under the UES.
Updated with changes to the Ukraine Extension Scheme. A full list of the changes can be found at the start of the guidance.
Updated with changes to the Ukraine Extension Scheme. Eligibility has been extended to those with permission to enter or stay in the UK any time between 16 May 2023 and 16 November 2023. A full list of changes is in the document.
Guidance updated. Changes are explained on page 4.
Changes have been made to: Add a temporary concession to introduce a new eligibility period allowing those with permission to enter or stay on or between 18 March 2022 and 16 May 2023 to apply to the Ukraine Extension Scheme until the Immigration Rules are amended. Amend the wording referencing children born in the UK to a parent who meet the validity requirements for the Ukraine Extension Scheme; and make clarificatory amendments to the permission explained section. Include an explanatory section on the Common Travel Area and applications to the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Version 2.0 of Ukraine Extension Scheme: caseworker guidance was published in error. This has now been reverted to version 1.0.
Updated guidance, changes are detailed at the start of the document.
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