Immigration Rules Appendix Tuberculosis (TB)
This appendix sets out when a person is required to provide a valid TB certificate with their application for entry clearance and the requirements for a TB certificate to be valid.
- TB1. A person must provide a valid TB certificate with their application if paragraph TB2 applies, and they are applying for entry clearance to come to the UK:
- (a) for more than 6 months, except for applications made under Appendix Ukraine Scheme; or
- (b) as a fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner under Appendix FM: family members; or
- (c) as a returning resident in accordance with Appendix Returning Residents.
TB2. A valid TB certificate is required if the applicant has been continuously present in a country or countries listed at TB6 for 6 months or more, which includes a period (of any length) within the 6 months before the date of application.
- TB3: A TB certificate is valid only if it:
- (a) was issued by a medical practitioner approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of these rules, as listed on the Gov.uk website; and
- (b) confirms that the applicant has undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in the applicant; and
- (c) was issued within the 6-month period immediately before the date of application; and
- (d) has not expired.
- TB4. A person may be required to provide a new valid TB certificate before the application for entry clearance is granted, if:
- (a) the TB certificate provided with their application expired more than 6 months before the date on which the application is considered; and
- (b) the applicant otherwise meets the requirements to be granted entry clearance.
TB5. The decision maker may waive the requirement to provide a valid TB certificate if they are satisfied that the applicant is unable to obtain a certificate and it is reasonable to waive the requirement on the specific facts of the case.
- TB6. The list of countries for the purpose of TB2 is:
- • Afghanistan
- • Algeria
- • Angola
- • Armenia
- • Azerbaijan
- • Bangladesh
- • Belarus
- • Benin
- • Bhutan
- • Bolivia
- • Botswana
- • Brunei Darussalam
- • Burkina Faso
- • Burma
- • Burundi
- • Cambodia
- • Cape Verde
- • Central African Republic
- • Chad
- • Cameroon
- • China
- • Congo
- • Congo Democratic Republic
- • Côte d’Ivoire
- • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- • Djibouti
- • Dominican Republic
- • Ecuador
- • Equatorial Guinea
- • Eritrea
- • Ethiopia
- • Gabon
- • Gambia
- • Georgia
- • Ghana
- • Guatemala
- • Guinea
- • Guinea Bissau
- • Guyana
- • Haiti
- • Hong Kong or Macau
- • India
- • Indonesia
- • Iraq
- • Kazakhstan
- • Kenya
- • Kiribati
- • Korea
- • Kyrgyzstan
- • Laos
- • Lesotho
- • Liberia
- • Madagascar
- • Malawi
- • Malaysia
- • Mali
- • Marshall Islands
- • Mauritania
- • Micronesia
- • Moldova
- • Mongolia
- • Morocco
- • Mozambique
- • Namibia
- • Nepal
- • Niger
- • Nigeria
- • Pakistan
- • Palau
- • Papua New Guinea
- • Panama
- • Paraguay
- • Peru
- • Philippines
- • Russian Federation
- • Rwanda
- • Sao Tome and Principe
- • Senegal
- • Sierra Leone
- • Solomon Islands
- • Somalia
- • South Africa
- • South Sudan
- • Sri Lanka
- • Sudan
- • Suriname
- • Swaziland
- • Tajikistan
- • Tanzania
- • Thailand
- • Timor Leste
- • Togo
- • Turkmenistan
- • Tuvalu
- • Uganda
- • Ukraine
- • Uzbekistan
- • Vanuatu
- • Vietnam
- • Zambia
- • Zimbabwe