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This Appendix sets out 3 routes for those affected by the conflict in Ukraine the Ukraine Family Scheme, the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Where the applicant is outside the UK:
The applicant must have been living in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022.
A Ukrainian national can qualify under the Ukraine Family Scheme if they are a family member (as defined) of a UK-based sponsor who is a British citizen, person settled in the UK, refugee, person with humanitarian protection, or EEA or Swiss citizen with pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (where based on residence in the UK before the end of the transition period).
Family members for the purpose of this Scheme are immediate family members (meaning a partner, child under 18, parent of a child aged under 18, fianc(e) or proposed civil partner), and extended family members of the UK-based sponsor or their partner (meaning parent, grandparent, grandchild, adult child, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, and cousin) and the immediate family members of extended family members of the UK-based sponsor or their partner.
A Ukrainian national may also qualify under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme if they have an Approved sponsor who will provide accommodation for at least 6 months.
A child who is not applying with, or intending to join, their parent or legal guardian in the UK must have an Approved sponsor who was approved for the child by a Local Authority before the application is made and must have agreed to accommodate the child for at least 3 years or until the child is 18 so long as they are sponsored for at least 6 months (whichever is soonest).
Family members of a UK-based sponsor who are not Ukrainian nationals may also qualify under the Ukraine Family Scheme so long as at least one member of the UK- based sponsors immediate family is a Ukrainian national
Immediate family members of a Ukrainian who are not themselves Ukrainian nationals may also qualify under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme. Grandparents, uncles, aunts and adult siblings who are applying with a child who is not either applying with their parent or legal guardian or applying to join their parent or legal guardian may also qualify under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
Where the applicant is in the UK:
The applicant must have immigration permission unless their last permission expired after 1 January 2022.
A Ukrainian national can qualify under the Ukraine Extension Scheme if they are in the UK with immigration permission on 18 March 2022 or if their last permission ended after 1 January 2022.
A person who has immigration permission as a partner or child of a Ukrainian national who qualifies under the Ukraine Extension Scheme, who is not themselves a Ukrainian national, can also qualify under the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
A Ukrainian national may also qualify under the Ukraine Family Scheme if they are a family member of a UK- based sponsor as described above.
Family members who are not Ukrainian nationals may also qualify under the Ukraine Family Scheme so long as at least one member of the UK-based sponsors immediate family is a Ukrainian national.
Further information on immigration issues related to Ukraine is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/support-for-family-members-of-british-nationals-in-ukraine-and-ukrainian-nationals-in-ukraine-and-the-uk .
Validity requirements for the Ukraine Family Scheme
- UKR 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay under the Ukraine Family Scheme must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form as follows: Ukraine Scheme.
- UKR 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay under the Ukraine Family Scheme must meet all the following requirements:
- (a) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
- (b) the applicant must have provided a passport or other document which satisfactorily established their identity and nationality.
- UKR 1.3. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for the Ukraine Family Scheme is invalid and may be rejected and not considered.
Suitability requirements for the Ukraine Family Scheme
- UKR 2.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under any of the following paragraphs of Part 9: grounds for refusal:
- (a) 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 (exclusion or deportation orders); or
- (b) 9.3.1 to 9.3.2 (non-conducive); or
- (c) 9.4.1 to 9.4.5 (criminality); or
- (d) 9.5.1 to 9.5.2 (exclusion from asylum or humanitarian protection); or
- (e) 9.6.1 to 9.6.2 (involvement in sham marriage or sham civil partnership); or
- (f) 9.7.1 to 9.7.3 (false representations and deception); or
- (g) 9.10.1 to 9.10.2 (admissibility to the Common Travel Area or other countries); or
- (h) 9.14.1 to 9.20.2 and 9.23.1 to 9.24.1 (grounds for refusal and cancellation on arrival).
Eligibility requirements for the Ukraine Family Scheme
Entry requirements for the Ukraine Family Scheme
- UKR 3.1. A person seeking to come to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme must apply for entry clearance and must have been:
- (a) granted entry clearance under the Ukraine Scheme; or
- (b) given a letter from the Home Office confirming the applicant can travel to the UK under the Ukraine Scheme,
- before they arrive in the UK.
Variation of entry clearance application after arrival for person given letter authorising travel to UK
- UKR 4.1. A person who:
- (a) has made an application for entry clearance which has not been decided; and
- (b) has been given a letter from the Home Office confirming the applicant can travel to the UK; and
- (c) is granted permission to enter on arrival in the UK; and
- (d) provides their biometrics after arrival in the UK,
- may have their application for entry clearance varied by the Secretary of State to an application for permission to stay.
Residence requirement for the Ukraine Family Scheme
- UKR 5.1. An applicant applying for entry clearance under the Ukraine Family Scheme must have been ordinarily resident in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022, unless they are a child born on or after that date.
- UKR 5.2. An applicant applying for permission to stay under the Ukraine Family Scheme must be in the UK and either:
- (a) have permission; or
- (b) have had permission immediately before 1 January 2022 which has since expired,
- but permission as a visitor granted after 18 March 2022 does not count as permission for the purpose of this requirement.
Relationship requirement for a family member under the Ukraine Family Scheme
- UKR 6.1. The applicant must be the family member (as set out at UKR 6.2.) of a UK-based sponsor who is one of the following:
- (a) a British citizen; or
- (b) a person who is settled in the UK; or
- (c) a person in the UK with limited permission as a refugee or person granted humanitarian protection; or
- (d) an EEA national in the UK with limited permission granted under paragraph EU3 of Appendix EU on the basis of meeting condition 1 in paragraph EU14 of that Appendix
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