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Administrative review: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for an administrative review.

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Administrative review

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Administrative review: frontier workers

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff validate, consider and decide applications for an administrative review made under the Immigration Rules.

Updates to this page

Published 21 October 2014
Last updated 4 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. The Administrative review: EU Settlement Scheme, service providers from Switzerland and S2 healthcare visitors guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules from 4 April 2024, in particular to remove any scope from that date to apply for an administrative review of a decision under the EU Settlement Scheme.

  2. The guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules which removed the right to seek an administrative review under Appendix AR (EU) against any eligible decision made on or after 5 October 2023, unless it is an eligible decision in relation to Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland.

  3. Document 'Adminstrative review: EU Settlement Scheme' updated. The guidance has been amended to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules. An application may not be made for review of a decision made on suitability grounds, even if the same decision was also made on eligibility grounds. An application for review will be treated as withdrawn if the applicant makes a valid application for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain under Appendix EU, Appendix EU (Family Permit), Appendix S2 Healthcare Visitor or Appendix Service Providers from Switzerland.

  4. 'Administrative review: EU Settlement Scheme' guidance has been amended to make it clear that an applicant cannot apply for an administrative review on the grounds that the decision breaches the Withdrawal Agreements. It also provides advice on how to handle cases where the applicant raises the lawfulness of a decision in their administrative review.

  5. Administrative review guidance has been updated as follows: to reflect the decisions that have a right of administrative review; to reflect that from 6 April 2021 there is a fee for administrative reviews of entry clearance decisions; to update references to Part 9 of the Rules; and other general housekeeping.

  6. Updated administrative review guidance.

  7. New administrative review guidance on frontier workers added.

  8. Replaced the Administrative review: EU Settlement Scheme with an updated version.

  9. EU Settlement Scheme admin review guidance document replaced with updated version.

  10. Updated guidance document 'administrative review'.

  11. Updated Administrative review guidance.

  12. Updated apply online link in the administrative review: EU Settlement Scheme guidance.

  13. Updated the Administrative review: EU Settlement Scheme document with a new version.

  14. Updated EU Settlement Scheme administrative review guidance

  15. Administrative review information for the EU Settlement Scheme added.

  16. Updated guidance.

  17. Updated guidance.

  18. Updated guidance.

  19. Updated guidance.

  20. updated guidance

  21. Updated guidance

  22. First published.

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