Guidance

ECB16: police registration (archived version)

Updated 29 April 2015

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This document was withdrawn on 10 April 2017. It has been superseded by new guidance.

1. ECB16.1 Police registration

Nationals of countries listed below granted leave in accordance with paragraphs 325 and 326 of the Immigration Rules, are required to register with the police where they are given leave to enter for more than 6 months.

*The entry clearance vignette must state if registration is necessary.

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Belarus
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Egypt
  • Georgia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Moldova
  • Morocco
  • North Korea
  • Oman
  • Palestine
  • Peru
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tajikistan
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • UAE
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen
  • Holders of Stateless Documents

Dual nationals should not be required to register unless both the nationalities held are listed above. Dependants aged 16 or over of nationals required to register with the police are only required to register if they are also nationals or citizens of one of the countries where registration is required.

1.1 How to register

If you live in the area of London covered by the Metropolitan Police, you must register at Overseas Visitors Records Office.

Overseas Visitors Records Office (OVRO)
323 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1JL

Telephone: 020 7230 1208

Contact your local police station if you are elsewhere in the UK to find out where to register.

A fee is charged for the initial registration certificate.

1.2 Documents you will need to provide

You will need to provide:

  • your passport
  • your biometric residence permit (BRP)
  • recent passport size photograph(s)

You are advised to check with the police force you are registering with what their specific registration requirements are.

1.3 Change of circumstances

If you have registered and your details later change, you must report these changes to the police. They may require you to come in but check first.

1.4 ECB16.2 Exemptions from police registration

Those given leave to enter (including their dependants nb. except dependants of off-shore workers) in the categories below are not normally required to register with the Police:

a. Tier 5 Temporary Workers sponsored as private servants in diplomatic households and overseas government employees b. Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) Migrants c. on the basis of marriage to or civil partnership with a person settled in the UK or as the unmarried or same-sex partner of a person settled in the UK d. those exercising access rights to a child resident in the UK e. parents of a child at school f. following the grant of asylum. g. offshore workers (but not their dependants)

The following are also exempt from the requirement to register:

h. members of non-NATO forces admitted for courses at British military establishments or with private companies (Course F) i. Community Service Volunteers j. civilian components of NATO forces k. non-visa national employees of contractors to US Armed Forces in the UK l. non-visa nationals employees of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

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