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The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2015

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1.  In this Schedule—

“premium customer services” means the optional premium customer services offered by the Home Office to certain sponsors;

“small or charitable sponsor” means a sponsor that is—

(a)

a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006(1);

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in the case of a person who is not a company for the purposes of that section, a person who employs no more than 50 employees; or

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a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011(2), or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(3) or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register(4);

“Tier” means the route, provided for in the immigration rules, by which a person seeking leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a Tier 2 Migrant, a Tier 4 Migrant or a Tier 5 Migrant applies for such entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain;

“Tier 4 Sponsor status” means the status that a sponsor attains when they are recorded on the register of licensed sponsors maintained by the Home Office as having Tier 4 Sponsor status.

(1)

2006 c. 46; section 381 was amended by S.I. 2008/393.

(4)

The Scottish Charity Register was set up pursuant to section 3 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 10).

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