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Immigration staff guidance ison for whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide informationinformation.

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1 December 2020
Last updated
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  2. Updated guidance with reference to ‘an application on grounds of private life under paragraphs 276ADE to 276DH’ replaced by ‘Appendix Private Life’ and ‘Appendix Settlement Family Life’ added in the ‘Introduction’ section.

  4. Guidance updated with revised links.

  6. Minor amendment to the introduction to clarify that some of this guidance applies to family reunion applications.

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Update history

2025-12-08 16:18
Changes to reflect Part Suitability replacing Part 9: grounds for refusal of the Immigration Rules.

2022-06-20 09:30
Updated guidance with reference to ‘an application on grounds of private life under paragraphs 276ADE to 276DH’ replaced by ‘Appendix Private Life’ and ‘Appendix Settlement Family Life’ added in the ‘Introduction’ section.