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Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Regulation of immigration advisers - Licensing process

23: Upgrade of licence

You could also call this:

“Asking for a better type of licence”

If you have a limited licence, you can ask the Registrar at any time to give you a full licence. If you have a provisional licence, you can ask the Registrar at any time to give you either a full licence or a limited licence.

When you ask to upgrade your licence, the same rules apply as when you first ask for a licence. These rules are explained in Sections 18 to 22 of the law.

If you ask to upgrade your licence before your current licence runs out, your current licence will stay valid until a decision is made about your upgrade.

When your licence upgrade is approved, it will start either from the day your old licence was supposed to end, or from the day the upgrade is approved - whichever comes first.

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Part 1 Regulation of immigration advisers
Licensing process

23Upgrade of licence

  1. The holder of a limited licence may at any time apply to the Registrar for the grant of a full licence.

  2. The holder of a provisional licence may at any time apply to the Registrar for the grant of a full licence or a limited licence.

  3. Sections 18 to 22 apply, with any necessary modifications, in relation to any such application as if it were an application for a licence under section 18.

  4. If an application for an upgrade of a licence has been made but not determined before the date on which the licence would otherwise expire, the licence continues in force until the application is determined.

  5. The grant of an upgrade of a licence takes effect from the date of expiry of the previous licence (as determined before the application of subsection (4)) or the date on which it is granted, whichever occurs first.

Notes
  • Section 23(4): added, on , by section 5 of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 67).
  • Section 23(5): added, on , by section 5 of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 67).