Stateless person permission

This route is for a person in the UK who has no nationality and so is stateless, and is unable to become, or obtain a status leading to becoming, a permanent resident of another country.

S 3.1. The applicant must be a person who is not considered as a national by any state under the operation of its law, as set out in Article 1(1) of the 1954 Statelessness Convention.

The statelessness route is a route to settlement.

S 3.2. The applicant must have taken all reasonable steps, but nonetheless failed to: (a) acquire, or re-acquire, nationality with the competent authorities of any relevant countries; and (b) establish a right to admission as a permanent resident, or a status leading to permanent residence, in any relevant countries.

S 3.3. If the applicant is a child born in the UK, their parent or legal guardian must have taken all reasonable steps to register the child’s birth with the competent authorities and have been unsuccessful.

A partner or dependent child of a Stateless person can apply to stay in the UK under Appendix Statelessness if they formed part of the family unit before the date a Stateless person was granted permission to stay.

S 1.1. A person applying for permission to stay as a Stateless person must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form “Further Leave to Remain – Stateless person”.

(a) the applicant must have provided biometrics when required; and (b) the applicant must have satisfactorily established their identity; and (c) the applicant must be in the UK on the date of application.

S 3.4. The applicant must have obtained and submitted all reasonably available evidence to show they meet the requirements in S 3.1. and S 3.2 and, if the applicant is a child, S 3.3.

S 5.1. The applicant will be granted permission to stay for 5 years.

(a) work (including self-employment and voluntary work) permitted; and (b) study is permitted, subject to the ATAS condition in Appendix ATAS; and (c) access to public funds.

S 17.1. A partner or child will be granted permission for a period which expires at the same time as the permission granted to the Stateless person.

S 13.1. A person seeking to come to the UK as a partner or child of a Stateless person must apply for and obtain entry clearance as a partner or child of a Stateless person before they arrive in the UK

S 8.1. The applicant must have spent a continuous period of 5 years in the UK with permission as a Stateless person.

S 6.1. A person applying for settlement as a Stateless person must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form “SET (O) – Settlement – other”.

S 4.2. If the application is refused, the person can apply for an Administrative Review under Appendix AR: Administrative Review.