Police Registration Certificate Scheme Suspended

The Home Office has confirmed that the Government has decided to abolish the Police Registration Scheme, with immediate effect. This means that the Police Registration Scheme is now suspended and foreign nationals of specified nationalities, aged 16 or over, usually granted more than six months' leave in certain migration categories are no longer required to register with the police when they arrive in the UK or secure further leave to remain.

Former Requirement to Register with the Police

The police registration scheme, which required some migrants to register with the police, was provided for in Part 10, paragraphs 325 to 326 of the Immigration Rules,

As set out in paragraph 325 of the Immigration Rules a "relevant foreign national" was a person of 16 years or over, who was a national or citizen of a country listed in Appendix 2, a stateless person, or a person holding a non-national travel document.