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Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (UK): Legal practitioners' guide to Appendix Ukraine Scheme eligibility, sponsors including unaccompanied children, validity and suitability, procedure, leave conditions, UPES renewal, family reunion and refusals

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Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (the scheme)

The Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme enables Ukrainian citizens, and certain eligible family members, living outside the UK to seek entry to the UK if an authorised UK-based sponsor agrees to provide accommodation. The scheme is contained in the Immigration Rules, Appendix Ukraine Scheme, and is presently the sole Ukraine pathway open to fresh applicants from overseas. The Ukraine Family Scheme stopped accepting new applications at 3 pm on 19 February 2024. The Ukraine Extension Scheme closed on 16 May 2024 and is now fully closed. Individuals already in the UK with leave under a Ukraine route may qualify to extend that leave via the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme (UPES). Leave granted under this scheme does not currently lead to settlement. The scheme was launched in 2022 following the Ukraine Family Scheme (now closed). A ‘humanitarian sponsorship pathway’ was first outlined by the Home Secretary on 1 March 2022, with the sponsorship element commencing on 14 March 2022. Visa applications have been available since 18 March 2022, initially as a concession...

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