GLOSSARY
Entry clearance definition
What does Entry clearance mean?
A visa, entry certificate or other document which, in accordance with the immigration rules, is to be taken as evidence or the requisite evidence of a person's eligibility, though he is not a British citizen, for entry into the United Kingdom: see Immigration Act 1971, s 33(1).
Visa nationals and any other persons (not entitled to admission to the UK without leave) who are seeking entry for a period exceeding six months or are seeking entry for a purpose for which prior entry clearance is required under the Immigration Rules require an entry clearance in order to enter the UK: Immigration Rules, HC 395, para 24. An entry clearance which satisfies specified requirements will have effect as leave to enter the UK and the holder of such an entry clearance will not require leave to enter on arrival in the UK and, for the purposes of the Immigration Rules, will be treated as a person who has arrived in the UK with leave to enter the UK which is in force but which was given to him before
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