SET(F) Version 04/2009 A P P L I C AT I O N F O R I N D E F I N I T E L E AV E T O R E M A I N I N T H E U K AS A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 18 OR AS A D E P E N D E N T R E L AT I V E A G E D O V E R 1 8 OF A P A R E N T, P A R E N T S O R O T H E R R E L A T I V E PRESENT AND SETTLED IN THE UK Child under the age of 18 of a parent, parents or a relative present and settled in the UK In accordance with paragraph 34 of the Immigration Rules, this form is a specified form for the purpose of the Immigration Rules as of 6 April 2009 and must be used for all applications made on or after that date for the purposes stated on this page and listed in section 2. You also need the separate guidance documents listed below, which you should read before making your application: - SET(F) guidance notes (version 04/2009) - UKBA photograph guidance (version 04/2009) Adopted child under the age of 18 of a parent or parents present and settled in the UK If you do not already have these documents, you can get them from our website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk or by calling 0870 241 0645. Our application forms change periodically. If you obtain this form some time before applying, please check that it is still the version which must be used when you are ready to apply. Applications on this form may be made by post or in person at one of our Public Enquiry Offices. To apply in person, you must make an appointment. Parent, grandparent or other dependent relative aged over 18 of persons present and settled in the UK If you apply by post, you must send your application to the following address: UK Border Agency Leave to Remain - SET(F) PO Box 495 Durham DH99 1WR WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 1 of 15 This form is valid only for applications made on or after 6 April 2009 PAY M E N T G U I D A N C E THE FEE For applications on this form, there is a fee of £820 for applications made by post, or £1020 for applications made in person at our Public Enquiry Offices. Please note that your application will be invalid If you do not pay the specified fee. WHO MAY APPLY WITH YOU? Nobody. The immigration rules for the categories for which you must use form SET(F) do not allow any dependants. Because of this, nobody may apply with you as your dependant on form SET(F). They must apply separately in their own right. Make sure that the date and the amount (words and figures) are correct and that the cheque is signed properly. If applying by post, attach your cheque or postal order(s) to the front of the application form. If applying in person at a Public Enquiry Office and paying by cheque, you must have a cheque guarantee card with a limit sufficient to cover the amount to be paid. COMPLETING THE PAYMENT DETAILS PAGE To ensure that your payment is processed without any delay, please note the points below when completing the payment details. 1 This should be the full name of the main applicant as given in his or her passport or travel document. 2 Date of birth - for example, 3 January 1980 should be written 03 01 1980 in the spaces provided. 3-4 If the address for correspondence is different from your home address in the UK, please give that address at 3 and the name, if different from yours, at 4 - for example, if a solicitor or other authorised immigration adviser is submitting the application on your behalf. See the separate guidance notes mentioned on the front page of this form for more information. HOW CAN YOU PAY? You must pay by one of the methods specified below. Please note that your application will be rejected as invalid if you pay by any other method. •Cheque •Postal Order •Credit card - Visa (including Electron) or MasterCard only •Debit card - Delta, Maestro* (including Solo) •Banker’s draft • Cash - but only for applications at a Public Enquiry Office; please don’t send cash by post. 8-12 Complete only if paying by card. 11 If you are paying by credit or debit card at a Public Enquiry Office, we cannot accept payment by that method unless the cardholder is present. The card security number is a three-digit security code known as the card verification value (CVV). It consists of the last three numbers on the signature strip on the back of the card as shown below. * Maestro - we will accept any Maestro card if you are applying in person at a Public Enquiry Office but only Maestro cards issued in the UK if you are applying by post. 3455 123 123 CVV CHEQUES AND POSTAL ORDERS If you do not provide the CVV number, we can not take the payment and your application will be rejected as invalid. You must make the cheque or postal order(s) payable to Home Office Leave to Remain and cross the cheque or postal order(s) A/C Payee only. Write the full name, nationality and date of birth of the main applicant on the back of each cheque and/or each postal order and keep the postal order stub(s). 12 It is the cardholder as named on the credit or debit card who must sign and date. SET(F) version 04/2009 - page 2 of 15 PAY M E N T D E TA I L S : S E T ( F ) Please complete this page in block capitals and black ink after reading the payment guidance. 1 Applicant’s full name 2 Date of birth 3 Day Year Month Contact address in the UK Postcode 4 Contact name in the UK if different from that of the applicant PAYMENT DETAILS 5 £1020 - premium £820 - postal Amount - Please tick the amount you are paying Cheque Postal order 6 How are you paying? Please tick a box. 7 Paying by cheque - please give cheque details below. Debit or credit card Account number Cheque number Banker’s draft Sort code Paying by card - please complete 8-12 below 8 Which card are you using for payment? Please tick a box. 9 Name on card 10 Visa / Electron Delta MasterCard Maestro / Solo Card number Valid from 11 Card details 12 Cardholder’s signature Expiry date Card security number - CVV Date SET(F) Version 04//2009 - page 3 of 15 Issue number (if available) If you are producing a double-sided copy of this application form, please include this p age and make sure it falls on the reverse of the p ayment det ails p age in the two-sided copy. For administrative reasons, it’ s import ant that the rest of the form begins with Section 1 - Applicant’ s Det ails facing upwards. SET(F) For official use only - unique reference number Version 04/2009 S E C T I O N 1 - A P P L I C A N T ’ S D E TA I L S 1.1 If other, what is your title? Your title - please tick Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other You must provide two identical photographs of yourself with your full name on the back of each one. Please place the photographs in a small sealed envelope and attach it across this space with a staple or paper clip at the right-hand side of the page/envelope. 1.2 Your gender - please tick 1.3 Your date of birth 1.4 Your full name as in your passport or travel document 1.5 Surname or family name 1.6 Any other name(s) by which you are or have been known 1.7 Nationality 1.8 1.9 Day Male Month Photographs Female Year Please make sure that the staple or paper clip does not damage or mark the photographs. All photographs must be as specified in the separate UKBA photograph guidance. Place of birth - town or city Passport or travel document number 1.10 Home Office reference if you have one 1.11 National insurance number if you have one 1.12 Your UK address - please inform us immediately if this changes Postcode 1.13 Your daytime telephone number Your mobile telephone number if you have one 1.14 Your e-mail address if you have one 1.15 Name and address in the UK for all correspondence about your application if different from 1.12 Postcode 1.16 If you have completed 1.15 and the address is that of your immigration adviser, please state their Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) number SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 4 of 15 S E C T I O N 2 - W H I C H C AT E G O R Y ? Please tick a box below to show us the category in which you are applying for indefinite leave to remain in the UK. Child under the age of 18 of a parent, parents or a relative present and settled in the UK Adopted child under the age of 18 of a parent or parents present and settled in the UK Parent, grandparent or other dependent relative aged over 18 of persons present and settled in the UK S E C T I O N 3 - Y O U R R E L AT I V E S A N D S U P P O R T O U T S I D E T H E U K Do not complete this section if you are applying as a child or adopted child under the age of 18. 3.1 Do you have any close relatives living outside the UK? Yes No If yes, please give their details below. If you need more space, photocopy this page and enclose it with the form. Full name Country where they live Relationship to you Full name Country where they live Relationship to you Full name Country where they live Relationship to you 3.2 Who looked after you financially before you came to the UK? Full name Country where they live Relationship to you SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 5 of 15 S E C T I O N 4 - Y O U R P E R S O N A L C I R C U M S TA N C E S Do not complete this section if you are applying as a child or adopted child under the age of 18. 4.1 Which of the following are you? Please tick. 4.2 Are you currently in good health? If not, please give details below. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and enclose it with this form. Yes No 4.3 Are there any compelling or compassionate factors that you would like us to consider? If so, please give full details below. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and enclose it with this form. Yes No 4.4 Who owned the house in which you lived in your home country? 4.6 Is the house in a good state of repair? 4.8 If you did not live alone, who lived with you and why can that arrangement not continue? Please explain below. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and enclose it with this form. 4.9 Did your have any source of income of your own while you were living in your home country? If so, please give details below. Yes No 4.10 Did you receive financial support from anyone else while you were living in your home country? If so, please give details below. Yes No Single Married 4.5 Yes No 4.7 SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 6 of 15 Divorced Widowed How many rooms are there in that house? Did you live alone? Yes No SECTION 5 - YOUR SPONSOR AND HIS/HER HOME AND FINANCES The details required in this section are those of your parent or other relative who is present and settled in the UK and who will be supporting you. That person is referred to in this section as your sponsor. Full name of your sponsor Nationality Your sponsor’s relationship to you 5.1 Is your sponsor’s home in the UK: 5.2 Does your sponsor pay any rent or mortgage for his or her home? 5.3 How many rooms are there for your use? 5.5 Will your sponsor be supporting you from his/her own money? Yes No If so, what percentage of your total weekly or monthly finances will be provided by your sponsor? 5.6 Did your sponsor provide financial support to you while you were living in your home country? Yes No If so, for how long? 5.7 Is your sponsor working in the UK? Yes No If so, what is his/her pay each month after deductions? £ 5.8 Does he/she regularly receive any other money? Yes No If so, how much does he/she receive each month? £ 5.9 Is your sponsor receiving any public funds? Yes No a) owned by him or her? b) rented from a local authority or housing association by him or her? Yes c) privately rented by him or her? d) owned or rented by a relative or friend? No e) other ? Give details below If so, how much each month? 5.4 5.10 £ How many other people live in your sponsor’s home? Are you receiving any public funds? % Yes No The public funds which are relevant for the purposes of the Immigration Rules are listed below. If you have answered yes to questions 5.9 and/or 5.10, you must tick the relevant box(es) to show which of these are being received. Your sponsor Your sponsor You Your sponsor You Attendance Allowance Disability Living Allowance Local authority accommodation Carer’s Allowance Housing Benefit Severe Disablement Allowance Child Benefit Housing or Homelessness Assistance Social Fund Payment Child Tax Credit Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance State Pension Credit Council Tax Benefit Income Support SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 7 of 15 Working Tax Credit You SECTION 6 - PERSONAL HISTORY It is mandatory to complete this section as required. Please note that this application will be invalid If you do not. You must answer every question in this section. It is an offence under Section 26(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1971 to make a statement or representation which you know to be false or do not believe to be true. Information given will be checked with other agencies. 6.1 Do you have any criminal convictions in the UK or any other country (including traffic offences) or any civil judgments made against you? Yes No If you have answered yes to question 6.1 above, give details below for each criminal conviction and/or civil judgment, starting with the most recent one - but first see Note 1 about criminal convictions. Note 1 Convictions spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 need not be disclosed. More information about the Act is given towards the end of this section. Nature of the criminal offence(s) and/or civil action(s) -give details on a separate sheet and enclose it with this form if you need more space. Details, including date(s), of the sentence(s) and/or civil judgment(s) - give details on separate sheet and enclose it if you need more space. Country or countries where the sentence(s) was/were passed or the civil judgment(s) was/were made You must answer questions 6.2 to 6.7 below even if you have answered no to question 6.1. For help in answering these questions, please see the definitions on the next page. 6.2 Have you ever been charged in any country with a criminal offence for which you have not yet been tried in court? Yes No 6.3 In times of either peace or war have you ever been involved, or suspected of involvement, in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide? Yes No 6.4 Have you ever been involved in, supported or encouraged terrorist activities in any country? Yes No 6.5 Have you ever been a member of, or given support to, an organisation which has been concerned in terrorism? Yes No 6.6 Have you ever, by any means or medium, expressed views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may encourage others to terrorist acts or other serious criminal acts? Yes No 6.7 Have you ever engaged in any other activities which might indicate that you may not be considered to be a person of good character? Yes No SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 8 of 15 SECTION 6 - PERSONAL HISTORY If you have answered yes to question 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 or 6.7 above, you must give further details in the space provided below. If you need more space, continue on a separate sheet and enclose it with this form. REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 enables criminal convictions to become 'spent' or ignored after a 'rehabilitation period'. The length of the rehabilitation period depends on the sentence given. For a custodial (prison) sentence the rehabilitation period is decided by the original sentence, not the time served. Prison sentences of more than two and a half years can never become spent and should always be disclosed. Further information on rehabilitation periods can be found at Nacro's Resettlement Plus Helpline on 020 7840 6464 or by obtaining a free copy of their leaflet on 020 7840 6427. DEFINITIONS For the purposes of answering questions 6.3 to 6.7, the following information provides guidance on actions which may constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, or terrorist activities. This guidance is not exhaustive. The full definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide can be found in Schedule 8 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 at www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/20010017 or purchased from The Stationery Office (telephone 0870 600 5522). It is your responsibility to satisfy yourself that you are familiar with the definitions and can answer the questions accurately. War crimes Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions committed during an armed conflict. This includes an internal armed conflict and an international armed conflict. The types of acts that may constitute a war crime include wilful killing, torture, extensive destruction of property not justified by military necessity, unlawful deportation, the intentional targeting of civilians and the taking of hostages. Crimes against humanity Acts committed at any time (not just during armed conflict) as part of a widespread or systematic attack, directed against any civilian population with knowledge of the attack. This would include offences such as murder, torture, rape, severe deprivation of liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law and enforced disappearance of persons. Genocide Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Terrorist activities Any act committed, or the threat of action, designed to influence a government or intimidate the public and made for the purposes of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and that involves serious violence against a person; that may endanger another person’s life; creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public; involves serious damage to property; is designed to seriously disrupt or interfere with an electronic system. Organisations concerned in terrorism An organisation is concerned in terrorism if it commits or participates in acts of terrorism; prepares for terrorism; promotes or encourages terrorism (including the unlawful glorification of terrorism); or is otherwise concerned in terrorism. SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 9 of 15 SECTION 7 - PHOTOGRAPHS It is mandatory to provide the photographs specified below. Please note that this application will be invalid if you do not provide them. The photographs must be in the format specified in the separate UKBA photograph guidance provided with this form. If they are not, they may be rejected as unacceptable and you will have to provide others which are acceptable. This will delay consideration of your application. Tick the box to confirm the photographs that you are providing and enclose them in a small sealed envelope attached to section 1 as instructed there. Two recent identical passport-size photographs of yourself with your full name written on the back of each photograph. Please see the separate photograph guidance on the approved format. SECTION 8 - DOCUMENTS You must provide the documents specified below which are relevant to your application. If you do not, we reserve the right to decide your application on the basis of the information and documents provided. Tick the relevant boxes to show the documents you are providing. They must be originals. All applicants must provide the relevant documents specified in 8A. If you are applying as a parent, grandparent or other dependent relative aged over 18, you must also provide the relevant documents specified in 8B. Please note that In some cases, we may have to ask for other documents in addition to those specified in this form. 8A All applicants Passports and immigration documents Your current passport or travel document. If you last entered the UK on a previous passport or travel document, please also provide this document if you have it. Your identity card for foreign nationals if you have been issued with one since entering the UK. See Note 2. Note 2 Since 25 November 2008 , Identity cards have been issued to certain foreign nationals when they have been given permission to remain in the UK. Unless reported lost or stolen, they should be enclosed with any application for further permission to stay in the UK. Your police registration certificate if you have been asked to register with the police. Evidence of relationship to your parent or sponsor Document(s) showing the relationship between you and your parent(s) or sponsor, such as full birth certificates showing the parents’ names or an adoption order if you are applying as an adopted child under 18. Your parent(s) or sponsor’s immigration status and evidence of the finances available to support you - see next page. SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 10 of 15 SECTION 8 - DOCUMENTS Your parent(s) or sponsor’s immigration status Document(s) showing that your sponsor or parent(s) is/are present and settled in the UK (see Note 3 ). List any such documents below. Continue on another sheet if necessary and enclose it with this form. Note 3 If your sponsor or parent(s) is a British citizen without a passport, you must provide his/her full birth certificate (showing the parents’ names), accompanied by at least one other formal document as evidence of ordinary residence in the UK for the last three years. Anyone born in the UK on or after 1 January 1983 will only be a British citizen by birth if a parent is a British citizen or settled in the UK at the time of birth. In that case, we will need evidence of the nationality or immigration status of his or her parents at the time of birth for us to be satisfied that he or she is a British citizen. If your sponsor or parent(s) is a non-British citizen without a passport, you must provide a Home Office letter or other document showing that he/she has been granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK, accompanied by at least one other formal document as evidence of ordinary residence in the UK for the last three years. The following are examples of formal documents that may be provided as evidence of ordinary residence for the last three years: notice of income tax coding, driving licence, building society savings book(s) /bank statements, National Insurance or National Health Service registration issued by the Department for Work and Pensions or a local health authority. Finances Evidence of finances. Bank statements, building society savings book(s), pay slips or other financial documents as evidence that you can and will be maintained and accommodated without recourse to public funds by your parent(s) or other relative who is sponsoring you (see Note 4). Note 4 The documents showing the finances available to you and/or to the person sponsoring you should cover at least the last 3 months. We do not accept internet or cashpoint statements as evidence of finances. 8B Parent, grandparent or other dependent relative aged over 18 If you are applying in one of these categories, you must provide the following in addition to the relevant documents specified in 8A. Document(s) showing that you are wholly or mainly financially dependent on your sponsor. Credit transfer slips or other document(s) from your sponsor as evidence of the support that they have provided to you over the last 6 months. Sponsorship undertaking (section 10) completed by the relative who is sponsoring you. A doctor’s letter or certificate with relevant details if you have any condition(s) for which you require medical treatment (see Note 5). Note 5 The document(s) must be from a Registered Medical Practitioner or General Practitioner and must contain information about the nature of your illness or condition, the treatment required and its estimated duration. SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 11 of 15 S E C T I O N 9 - D E C L A R AT I O N You must now read the declaration below and sign it. This must be signed by you (the applicant) and not by a representative or other person acting on your behalf. If you are under 18, your parent or guardian may sign. It is mandatory for the declaration to be signed. Please note that your application will be invalid if it is not signed as specified above. I hereby apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The information I have given in this form is complete and is true to the best of my knowledge. I confirm that if, before this application is decided, there is a material change in my circumstances or new information relevant to this application becomes available, I will inform the Home Office. I confirm that the photographs submitted with this form are a true likeness of myself as named on the back of each photograph, and that I have had the opportunity to see the UK Border Agency (UKBA) photograph guidance. I understand that all information provided by me to the Home Office will be treated in confidence but that it may be disclosed to other government departments, agencies, local authorities, the police, foreign governments and other bodies for immigration purposes, and to enable them to perform their functions. I also understand that, if such bodies provide the Home Office with any information about me which may be relevant for immigration purposes, it may be used in reaching a decision on my application. I understand that my details may in certain circumstances be passed to fraud prevention agencies to prevent fraud and money laundering. I also understand that such agencies may provide the Home Office with information about me. Further details explaining when information may be passed to or from fraud prevention agencies and how that information may be used can be obtained from the UKBA website. I understand that documents provided in support of this application will be checked for authenticity; and that false documents will be retained and may result in my application being refused and in my prosecution and subsequent removal from the United Kingdom. I understand that the Home Office may also use the information provided by me for training purposes. I am aware that it is an offence under the Immigration Act 1971, as amended by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, to make to a person acting in execution of any of those Acts a statement or representation which I know to be false or do not believe to be true, or to obtain or to seek to obtain leave to remain in the United Kingdom by means which include deception. Signature Date SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 12 of 15 S E C T I O N 1 0 - S P O N S O R ’ S U N D E R TA K I N G Do not complete this section if the applicant is a child or adopted child under the age of 18. DETAILS OF THE PERSON BEING SPONSORED (THE APPLICANT) Full name of sponsored person Day Month Year Passport/travel document number of sponsored person Date of birth of sponsored person Nationality of sponsored person Full address of sponsored person in the UK Postcode SPONSOR’S UNDERTAKING - The person giving this undertaking must be resident in the UK (see Note 6). Sponsor’s full name Day Month Year Sponsor’s national insurance number Sponsor’s date of birth Sponsor’s full address in the UK Postcode Sponsor’s employer’s details - company name and full address Postcode I hereby undertake that if the sponsored person named above is granted leave to enter or remain in the UK on a permanent basis, I shall be responsible for his/her maintenance and accommodation in the UK throughout the period of leave. I understand that this undertaking shall be made available to the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK who will take appropriate steps to recover from me the cost of any public funds paid to or in respect of the sponsored person named above. I also understand that the Home Office may take appropriate action to recover from me amounts attributable to any support provided under Section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (support for asylum seekers) to the sponsored person named above. I further understand that I may be committing a criminal offence and liable to prosecution if, after I have given this undertaking, I do not support the sponsored person named above and income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance (under social security legislation) and/or support for asylum seekers (under immigration legislation) is provided to or in respect of the sponsored person named above. Sponsor’s signature Date Note 6 The sponsor must provide evidence that he/she lives at the address given above. This evidence should include one or more documents from the list below. • Gas, electricity, or water bill • Building society/bank letter confirming a mortgage for the sponsor • Housing association/council rent book or letter confirming sponsor’s address • Local authority letter (council tax) • Letter from any government department Please note that applicants must also provide evidence of their sponsor’s ability to maintain and accommodate them without recourse to public funds – this is specified in section 8 of this form. SET(M) Version 04/2007 - page 13 of 15 F O R O F F I C I A L U S E O N LY Certificate I certify that this document, apart from this certificate, is an undertaking given in pursuance of the Immigration Rules within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971. Signed by the official named below, being a person authorised to make this certificate on behalf of the Secretary of State. Name of the certifying official (in block capitals) Signature Date Official address (in block capitals) SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 14 of 15 PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS CHECKLIST Please complete this part of the form to help us check that we have received your photographs and documents. At “A”, tell us how many of each of the listed items you are providing with your application. At “B”, list any other documents provided by you and state how many in each case. Continue on a separate sheet if necessary and enclose it with this form. All documents must be originals. A. Listed items B. Other documents How many? How many? Photographs of yourself Passports and/or travel documents Police registration certificate Birth certificates Bank statements Building society savings books Pay slips Credit transfer slips or similar Please note that, in some cases, we may have to ask for other documents in addition to those specified in this form. FINAL CHECKS To ensure that your application is complete, please make the following final checks. Tick each box that is relevant to your application. Is SET(F) the right form for you and is it valid for use? See date and notes on front page. Have you completed the payment details page and made the correct payment? Have you ticked a box in section 2 to show the category in which you are applying? Have you completed section 6 and the rest of the form as required? Have you provided the photographs specified in section 7 and are they in the approved format? Have you provided your current passport or travel document and all other relevant documents specified in section 8 and are they originals? If you are unable to send us any of the documents specified in section 8 which are relevant to your application, or if you are unable to provide originals, have you given an explanation and said when you will be able to send them? Have you, or a parent or guardian if you are under 18, signed and dated the declaration in section 9? If you are applying as a dependent relative aged over 18, has your sponsor completed, signed and dated the undertaking in section 10? Finally, please make sure that the application is addressed exactly as shown below if you are posting it. UK Border Agency Leave to Remain - SET(F) PO Box 495 Durham DH99 1WR SET(F) Version 04/2009 - page 15 of 15