Immigration health charge exemption extended to modern slavery victims

Policy effect

Extends the immigration health charge exemption for victims of human trafficking to also include recognized victims of slavery, servitude, or forced/compulsory labour.

Conditions and exceptions

Applicant must have received a positive conclusive grounds decision from a competent authority; does not apply to applications made before 6 April 2017.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is made. ... For paragraph 1(g), substitute— “ (g) for leave to remain for a Trafficking Convention reason, or under paragraph 159I of the immigration rules as a domestic worker who is the victim of slavery or human trafficking, where the applicant has received a positive conclusive grounds decision from a competent authority; ” ... Article 3(4) and (6) extends the exemption for an application which relates to the applicant’s identification as a victim of human trafficking to also include the applicant’s identification as a victim of slavery.

Review method

Official-source atomic repair with two-pass Gemini 3.8 Flash review and a final cross-record publication gate

Other United Kingdom changes operative in 2017

• 2017-02-01Commencement of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016
• 2017-03-15The Transfer for Determination of an Application for International Protection (Detention) (Significant Risk of Absconding Criteria) Regulations 2017
• 2017-04-06Immigration health charge exemption extended to Appendix V visitor leave to remain
• 2017-04-06Introduction of the Immigration Skills Charge
• 2017-04-06The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017
• 2017-04-06Tier 2 Intra-company Transfer immigration health charge exemption removed
• 2017-08-10Implementation of Article 8 ECHR Exceptional Circumstances and Alternative Income Framework (HC 290)