The Home Office has issued a statement announcing changes to the UK Immigration Rules, published on 10 Sept 2024. These updates will be rolled out across late 2024 and early 2025, with specific effective dates detailed below.
We will be updating relevant sections of our website to reflect these changes shortly. Please note, that Home Office guidance related to these updates may not be available until the changes take effect or shortly thereafter. Therefore, our website may be temporarily out of date after the changes come into force. Where necessary, we have provided links to current information, so you can monitor for any updates.
Student Route
For applications submitted on or after 2 January 2025, the financial requirements for Students will change. For further details, please refer to our recent news update.
Part 9 (General Grounds for Refusal)
For applications made on or after 8 Oct 2024, medical reasons that currently require refusal to enter the UK will also apply to entry clearance applications. Additional changes affect applicants refused entry for reasons of deception or non-compliance with visa conditions. From 8 October 2024, applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of the breach for it to be considered a violation of immigration laws.
Visitors
New rules now require Jordanian nationals traveling to the UK as visitors to obtain a visa before arriving, effective immediately from 3pm (UK time) on 10 Sept 2024. Jordanian nationals who had already received an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), had confirmed bookings prior tobefore 3pm on 10 September, and plan to travel before 3pm on 8 Oct 2024, may still enter the UK without a visa.
Electronic Travel Authorizations
Jordanian nationals are no longer eligible to obtain an ETA and must now apply for a visa when traveling to the UK as either a Visitor or Creative Worker. This change took effect from 3pm (UK time) on 10 Sept 2024. However, if you were issued an ETA before this time and are traveling by 8 Oct 2024, you may still use your ETA to enter the UK.
From 8 October 2024, the list of nationalities requiring an ETA to enter the UK will be expanded, affecting applications submitted on or after this date. This new list will be published in a new Appendix ETA National list, and two groups of countries will be added—one from 8 Jan 2025, and the other from 2 April 2025.
Additionally, two new reasons for refusal have been added to the rules, as outlined in the Explanatory Memorandum to the Statement of Changes (para 5.11).
Appendix Children
For applications made on or after 8 Oct 2024, changes to the requirement for parental consent will apply to applicants under 18 who are not applying as dependent children. The new rules specify that parental or legal guardian consent must actively approve the applicant’s immigration application, travel, living arrangements, and reception in the UK.
Also, applicants aged 18 or older applying under this appendix can only do so if their last permission was as a dependent child of their parent(s), and that permission is either still valid or expired no more than 14 days before the new application. This does not apply to those over 18 applying as a dependent child under Appendix Bereaved Partner or Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse.
Miscellaneous Changes
As part of the caseworking process, the Home Office uses OANDA, a currency conversion website, to convert currencies into GBP. For Mongolian Tugrik, OANDA does not provide an exchange rate, so caseworkers will use the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office consular exchange rate (FCDO CER) for all applications from 8 October 2024 onward.
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