Immigration (Regularisation Period for Overstayers) Regulations 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/265 |
2000 No. 265
IMMIGRATION
The Immigration (Regularisation Period for Overstayers) Regulations 2000
Made 7th February 2000
Coming into force 8th February 2000
Whereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House in accordance with section 166(5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 19991;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 9(1), (2) and (3), 166(3) and 1672of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Regularisation Period for Overstayers) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Regulations `the Act' means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
Manner of application
2.—(1) An application under section 9(1) of the Act shall be made in the following manner.
(2) The application shall be made in writing, setting out the information required by paragraph (4), and attaching the material required by paragraph (5).
(3) The application shall either:
(a)
(a) be sent by post to the following address:
Regularisation Scheme for Overstayers
Initial Consideration Unit
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Block C
Whitgift Centre
Croydon
CR9 1AT; or
(b)
(b) be delivered by hand to the Home Office at:
The Public Caller Unit
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Block C
Whitgift Centre
Wellesley Road
Croydon.
(4) The information referred to in paragraph (2) is:
(a)
(a) the applicant’s full name, date of birth and nationality;
(b)
(b) the applicant’s home address or, if none, an address where he may be contacted;
(c)
(c) the name and address of any representative who is acting on behalf of the applicant;
(d)
(d) the date of each occasion on which leave to enter or remain has been granted to the applicant since his first arrival in the United Kingdom, if known;
(e)
(e) in relation to each date specified in accordance with sub-paragraph (d), the period for which leave was granted, if known;
(f)
(f) the applicant’s Home Office reference, if known;
(g)
(g) the fact that the application is made under section 9 of the Act; and
(h)
(h) all the circumstances which the applicant wishes the Secretary of State to take into account when considering his application, including:
(i) his length of residence in the United Kingdom;
(ii) the strength of his...
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