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YMS 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance under the Youth Mobility Scheme route must apply online on gov.uk on the specified form: Temporary Work or Youth Mobility Scheme.

YMS 1.1.A. A person applying for permission to stay under the Youth Mobility Scheme route must apply online on gov.uk on the specified form: Temporary Work or Youth Mobility Scheme permission to stay.

1. YMS 1.2. An application for entry clearance or permission to stay under the Youth Mobility Scheme route must meet all the following requirements:
   1. (a) any fee and Immigration Health Charge must have been paid; and
   2. (b) the applicant must have provided any required biometrics; and
   3. (c) the applicant must have provided a passport or other travel document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality.

1. YMS 1.3. The applicant must be one of the following:
   1. (a) a British Overseas citizen, British Overseas Territories citizen or British National (Overseas); or
   2. (b) a national or citizen of a country or the holder of a passport issued by a territory, listed in Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme: eligible nationals.

1. YMS 1.4. An applicant for entry clearance must be:
   1. (a) a New Zealand national aged 35 or under on the date of application; or
   2. (b) aged 30 or under on the date of application.

1. YMS 1.4.A. An applicant who is applying for permission to stay must:
   1. (a) be a New Zealand national in the UK;
   2. (b) have, or have last been granted, permission to enter under the Youth Mobility Scheme route; and
   3. (c) not previously have been granted permission to stay under the Youth Mobility Scheme route.

YMS 1.5. An application which does not meet all the validity requirements for the Youth Mobility Scheme route is invalid and may be rejected and not considered.

YMS 2.1. The applicant must not fall for refusal under Part 9: grounds for refusal.

1. YMS 2.2. If applying for permission to stay the applicant must not be:
   1. (a) in breach of immigration laws, except that where paragraph 39E applies, that period of overstaying will be disregarded; or
   2. (b) on immigration bail.

Entry requirements for the Youth Mobility Scheme

YMS 3.1. A person seeking to come to the UK on the Youth Mobility Scheme route must have applied for and obtained entry clearance under the Youth Mobility Scheme route before they arrive in the UK.

YMS 3.2. A person applying for entry clearance on the Youth Mobility Scheme route must, if paragraph A39 and Appendix T of these rules apply, provide a valid medical certificate confirming that they have undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in them.

YMS 3.3. A person applying for entry clearance must not have previously spent time in the UK on the Youth Mobility Scheme route.

YMS 3.4. The applicant must be aged 18 or over on the date their entry clearance will become valid.

YMS 4.1. Where the applicant is a national of Australia, Canada, Monaco or New Zealand, they are not required to meet any country-specific eligibility requirements but if they are applying for entry clearance they must meet the financial requirements in YMS 5.1. to YMS 5.3.

YMS 4.2 Where the applicant is a national, citizen or rightful passport holder of one of the countries or territories listed in the following table of country-specific eligibility requirements, they must meet the requirement listed:

1	Hong Kong Japan Republic of Korea Taiwan	The applicant must: a) have been issued with an invitation to apply in accordance with the invitation to apply arrangements set out in Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme: eligible nationals; and b) have made their application within any time limit specified on that invitation to apply.
2	San Marino	The applicant must provide a letter confirming the applicant is a suitable candidate for the Youth Mobility Scheme from the Directorate of Political and Diplomatic Affairs of the Republic of San Marino Department of Foreign Affairs that has been issued no more than 6 months before the date of application.
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