The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2015

Interpretation

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

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);

(b)

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

(c)

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).