Application forms

Question 1

FLR(DL)

Answer 1

Form to apply for an extension of stay or indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you were refused asylum but given another type of permission to stay in the UK.

Question 2

FLR(AF)

Answer 2

Form to apply for further leave to remain in the UK as a member of HM Forces or their dependant.

Question 3

FLR(FP)

Answer 3

Form to apply to stay in the UK on the basis of your family life as a partner, parent or dependent child or on the basis of your private life in the UK.

Question 4

FLR(GT)

Answer 4

Form to apply for further leave to remain in the UK if you are a Grenfell Tower survivor and were granted limited leave outside the Immigration Rules.

Question 5

FLR(IR)

Answer 5

• Visitors (except transit, Approved Destination Status & Permitted Paid Engagements visitors)
• UK ancestry
• Domestic worker in a private household
• Domestic worker who is a victim of slavery or human trafficking
• Parent of a Tier 4 (child) student
• Dependant joiners who are applying separately from the main applicant – dependants of a person who has limited leave to enter or remain in the UK, not including dependants of a person with leave under the points based system or dependants of a person in the UK with leave on the basis of family or private life
• Relevant Civilian Employee – see www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forcedrelevant-civilian-employees
• Member of an Armed Force who is subject to immigration control (course F)
• Dependant of a member of Armed Forces which are not HM Forces (dependants of a member of HM Forces should complete FLR(AF))
• Locally engaged staff of a Diplomatic Mission
• Representative of an overseas business (postal applications only)
• Retired person of independent means
• Any other application for leave to remain that is within the Immigration Rules but is not
covered by another form.

Question 6

FLR(HRO)

Answer 6

• discretionary Leave (DL) where you have previously been granted a period of DL but have not previously been refused asylum or granted less than 4 years Exceptional Leave (people in these categories should use form FLR(DL), or FLR (FP) if they were granted DL on the basis of Article 8)
• medical grounds or ill health
• human rights claim (not to be used for claims on the grounds of family or private life, including on the basis of family dependencies between a parent and a child, or for protection (asylum) claims)
• leave outside the rules under the policy concessions in the “Leave outside the rules guidance” (www.gov.uk/government/publications/chapter-1-section-14-leave-outside-the-immigrationrules)
• claim for leave outside the Immigration Rules because of compassionate and compelling circumstances (not to be used for claims on the basis of family and private life (Article 8) for
which form FLR(FP) should be used instead)
• other claims not covered by another form

Question 7

FLR(LR)

Answer 7

Form to apply to extend your stay in the UK on the basis of long residence. (10 years)

Question 8

FLR(P)

Answer 8

Form to apply to stay as child under 18 of relative with temporary permission to stay as refugee or with humanitarian protection.

Question 9

Appendix 1: request for fee waiver

Answer 9

Form to apply to waive your fee if you can’t pay to extend your stay.

Question 10

FLR(S)

Answer 10

Form to apply for leave to remain as a stateless person and for a biometric immigration document.

Question 11

SET(AF)

Answer 11

Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK as a former member of HM Forces (or their dependant) and for a biometric residence permit.

Question 12

SET(DV)

Answer 12

Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you are a victim of domestic violence.

Question 13

SET(LR)

Answer 13

Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK on the basis of long residence.

Question 14

SET(M)

Answer 14

Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you are the partner of a person who is present and settled in the UK.

Question 15

SET(O)

Answer 15

Tier 1 (General) migrant: (see note 1 below)
Tier 2 migrant
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant
PBS Dependant
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) migrant, accelerated
Employment not requiring a work permit
Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) migrant
Representatives of an overseas business
Tier 1 (Investor) migrant
UK ancestry
Tier 1 (Investor) migrant, accelerated
Retired persons of independent means
Highly skilled migrant under the terms of the
HSMP indefinite leave to remain (ILR) judicial
review policy document: (see note 1 below)
Bereaved partner
Biometric immigration document (Biometric
Residence Permit (BRP))
Other purposes/reasons not covered by other
application forms

Question 16

SET(P)

Answer 16

Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK as a refugee, or for humanitarian protection, and get a biometric residence permit.

Question 17

FLR(M)

Answer 17

Form to extend stay in the UK as the partner or dependent child of someone who is settled here or who is a refugee or under humanitarian protection. (NB NOT IN GOV SITE’S MAIN INDEX)

Question 18

Appendix 4 (VAF4A July 2012)

Answer 18

Pre-flight family reunion.

To use this form you must have been in the relationship before your family member left their home country to seek asylum. You must be that person’s:

spouse
civil partner
unmarried or same-sex partner
child

(NB paper application forms are for people in countries that cannot apply online.)

Question 19

EEA(PR)

Answer 19

Permanent residence - apply for a permanent residence document or permanent residence card.

Question 20

EEA(QP)

Answer 20

Apply for a registration certificate

Question 21

EEA(FM)

Answer 21

Apply for a registration certificate or residence card for a family member:

Question 22

EEA(EFM)

Answer 22

Apply for a registration certificate or residence card for an extended family member