Immigration Rules Appendix Tuberculosis (TB)
This appendix sets out when a person is required to provide a valid TB certificate with their application for entry clearance and the requirements for a TB certificate to be valid.
- TB1. A person must provide a valid TB certificate with their application if paragraph TB2 applies, and they are applying for entry clearance to come to the UK:
- (a) for more than 6 months, except for applications made under Appendix Ukraine Scheme; or
- (b) as a fianc茅(e) or proposed civil partner under Appendix FM: family members; or
- (c) as a returning resident in accordance with Appendix Returning Residents.
TB2. A valid TB certificate is required if the applicant has been continuously present in a country or countries listed at TB6 for 6 months or more, which includes a period (of any length) within the 6 months before the date of application.
- TB3: A TB certificate is valid only if it:
- (a) was issued by a medical practitioner approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of these rules, as listed on the Gov.uk website; and
- (b) confirms that the applicant has undergone screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis and that this tuberculosis is not present in the applicant; and
- (c) was issued within the 6-month period immediately before the date of application; and
- (d) has not expired.
- TB4. A person may be required to provide a new valid TB certificate before the application for entry clearance is granted, if:
- (a) the TB certificate provided with their application expired more than 6 months before the date on which the application is considered; and
- (b) the applicant otherwise meets the requirements to be granted entry clearance.
TB5. The decision maker may waive the requirement to provide a valid TB certificate if they are satisfied that the applicant is unable to obtain a certificate and it is reasonable to waive the requirement on the specific facts of the case.
- TB6. The list of countries for the purpose of TB2 is:
- 鈥� Afghanistan
- 鈥� Algeria
- 鈥� Angola
- 鈥� Armenia
- 鈥� Azerbaijan
- 鈥� Bangladesh
- 鈥� Belarus
- 鈥� Benin
- 鈥� Bhutan
- 鈥� Bolivia
- 鈥� Botswana
- 鈥� Brunei Darussalam
- 鈥� Burkina Faso
- 鈥� Burma
- 鈥� Burundi
- 鈥� Cambodia
- 鈥� Cape Verde
- 鈥� Central African Republic
- 鈥� Chad
- 鈥� Cameroon
- 鈥� China
- 鈥� Congo
- 鈥� Congo Democratic Republic
- 鈥� C么te d鈥橧voire
- 鈥� Democratic People鈥檚 Republic of Korea
- 鈥� Djibouti
- 鈥� Dominican Republic
- 鈥� Ecuador
- 鈥� Equatorial Guinea
- 鈥� Eritrea
- 鈥� Ethiopia
- 鈥� Gabon
- 鈥� Gambia
- 鈥� Georgia
- 鈥� Ghana
- 鈥� Guatemala
- 鈥� Guinea
- 鈥� Guinea Bissau
- 鈥� Guyana
- 鈥� Haiti
- 鈥� Hong Kong or Macau
- 鈥� India
- 鈥� Indonesia
- 鈥� Iraq
- 鈥� Kazakhstan
- 鈥� Kenya
- 鈥� Kiribati
- 鈥� Korea
- 鈥� Kyrgyzstan
- 鈥� Laos
- 鈥� Lesotho
- 鈥� Liberia
- 鈥� Madagascar
- 鈥� Malawi
- 鈥� Malaysia
- 鈥� Mali
- 鈥� Marshall Islands
- 鈥� Mauritania
- 鈥� Micronesia
- 鈥� Moldova
- 鈥� Mongolia
- 鈥� Morocco
- 鈥� Mozambique
- 鈥� Namibia
- 鈥� Nepal
- 鈥� Niger
- 鈥� Nigeria
- 鈥� Pakistan
- 鈥� Palau
- 鈥� Papua New Guinea
- 鈥� Panama
- 鈥� Paraguay
- 鈥� Peru
- 鈥� Philippines
- 鈥� Russian Federation
- 鈥� Rwanda
- 鈥� Sao Tome and Principe
- 鈥� Senegal
- 鈥� Sierra Leone
- 鈥� Solomon Islands
- 鈥� Somalia
- 鈥� South Africa
- 鈥� South Sudan
- 鈥� Sri Lanka
- 鈥� Sudan
- 鈥� Suriname
- 鈥� Swaziland
- 鈥� Tajikistan
- 鈥� Tanzania
- 鈥� Thailand
- 鈥� Timor Leste
- 鈥� Togo
- 鈥� Turkmenistan
- 鈥� Tuvalu
- 鈥� Uganda
- 鈥� Ukraine
- 鈥� Uzbekistan
- 鈥� Vanuatu
- 鈥� Vietnam
- 鈥� Zambia
- 鈥� Zimbabwe