The Immigration Act 2014 (Current Accounts) (Compliance &c) Regulations 2016

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited Kingdom

Operative dateJanuary 1, 2018

CategoryLegal entry and stay

Policy toolAccess to social benefits and socio-economic rights

Affected groupIrregular migrants

Policy effect

Mandated that banks and building societies carry out quarterly immigration checks on existing current account holders to identify disqualified persons lacking lawful immigration status, beginning with the quarter starting on 1 January 2018.

Official source excerpt

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A bank or building society must carry out an immigration check during each successive quarter of each year, beginning with the quarter commencing on 1st January 2018.

UK LegislationEMN Factsheet 2018: 2Open official source

Retrieved from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1073/regulation/2/made

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2018-01-15The Immigration Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017
2018-06-30Restrictions on Croatian workers to expire in June
2018-07-02The Detention Centre (Amendment) Rules 2018
2018-07-24The Immigration (European Economic Area) (Amendment) Regulations 2018
2018-11-01EU Settlement Scheme private beta phase 2 rollout