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Refugee

"A refugee is a person who 'owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, re...

Refugee Convention

Refugee Convention means the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 and t...

Refugee status

Refugee status is awarded to someone the Home Office recognises as a refugee as described in the Ref...

Registration

The process whereby those under 18 years of age can acquire British citizenship if they meet certain...

Registration Certificates

Registration Certificates are issued to EEA nationals to confirm that they are exercising a treaty r...

Registration of minors as citizens

A process by which minor children can become British citizens without applying for it on their own; ...

Removal

Removal is a process whereby immigration officers enforce return from the UK to another country.

Removal Directions

A legal document issued by UK Visas and Immigration telling you the date, time and flight number of...

Removal of time limit

Removal of time limit is administrative action resulting in a non-EEA national being granted indefin...

Removals

Government-authorized and enforced departures of foreign nationals without legal permission to remai...

Removals and voluntary departure

Removals and voluntary departure figures include enforced removals, notified voluntary departures, p...

Reporting

Most asylum seekers who are not detained are expected to report to a reporting centre or police stat...

Resettlement

Resettlement if the process whereby refugees living outside their country of origin are moved to ano...

RESIDENCE

The place where someone lives (resides) and makes their home.

Residence Card

Residence cards are issued to non-EEA national family members of an EEA national. A residence card c...

Residence cards

Residence cards are issued to non-EEA national family members of an EEA national when sought. It con...

Residence permit

This is a document issued to EEA nationals by the Home Office entitling the EEA national and their d...

Resident worker

A person who is either British, has ILR or is an EEA national

Respondent

If you are defending an appeal, you are the respondent. If you are appealing a decision of the Home ...

RETROGRESS

To go back to a previous state. In the context of immigration, retrogression is when somebody's plac...

Returning resident

A returning resident is someone who has left the UK and has been given permission to return to the U...

REVOKE

To cancel, reverse, or take something back. In the context of immigration, for example, the governme...

Right of abode

"Right of abode means that you are free from United Kingdom immigration control and you do not need ...

Right to reside

"Right to reside An individual has the right to reside in the UK if they are: €¢ a UK national or f...

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