Tier 2 Intra-company Transfer immigration health charge exemption removed

Policy effect

Removes the exemption from the immigration health charge for Tier 2 (Intra-company Transfer) applicants and their dependants.

Conditions and exceptions

Does not apply in relation to applications for entry clearance or leave to remain 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. ... Article 3(3) and (5) removes the exemption which applies to an applicant (and the dependants of such an applicant) for entry clearance or leave to remain under paragraphs 245G to 245GE of the immigration rules (a Tier 2 Intra-company Transfer Migrant).

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
• 2017-04-06Immigration health charge exemption extended to modern slavery victims
• 2017-04-06Introduction of the Immigration Skills Charge
• 2017-04-06The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2017
• 2017-08-10Implementation of Article 8 ECHR Exceptional Circumstances and Alternative Income Framework (HC 290)