Immigration status

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Coding system
SNOMED CT (UK Clinical Edition)
Coding system release
39.2.0
Organisation
OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID
opensafely/immigration-status
Version ID
095c014d
Number of codes included
9

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Description

This codelist represents a list of codes indicative of a specific immigration status (e.g. indefinite leave to remain, asylum seeker awaiting decision).

Methodology

Search strategy This codelist was created by searching for the following terms and then selecting codes that were relevant to this aspect of migration status:

  • asylum
  • citizenship
  • dependant visa
  • immigra
  • indefinite leave
  • refugee
  • spouse visa
  • visa
  • work permit
  • overseas

Updated to include codes related to the Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit, based on discussions with two GPs and the rationale that individuals held in IRCs are likely to be either seeking asylum or undocumented. GP review: 5/02/25

Signed off by

  • Yamina Boukari, (Dec. 8, 2025)

Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.

We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.

code term
185711000000100 Family reunion immigrant
189151000000100 Family reunion immigrant
416625007 Family reunion immigrant
728641000000104 Person granted indefinite leave to remain in United Kingdom
811031000000102 Has United Kingdom student visa
811111000000106 Has United Kingdom general visitor visa
811121000000100 Has UK tourist visitor visa
832501000000104 Has United Kingdom student visa
937011000000100 Person granted indefinite leave to remain in United Kingdom

This page shows the search terms that were used to build the codelist. Concepts that match the search terms, but which were excluded, are in faint grey.

citizenship

Included 0 out of 1 matching concepts.

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  • Citizenship status (34051000087100)

immigra

Included 3 out of 23 matching concepts.

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  • Examination of refugee (171420007)
  • Family reunion immigrant (189151000000100)
  • Family reunion immigrant (185711000000100)
  • Family reunion immigrant (416625007)
  • History and physical examination, immigration (103738006)
  • History of detention in immigration removal centre (1085811000000100)
  • Immigrant (137906009)
  • Immigrant (161158003)
  • Immigrant (138429005)
  • Immigrant (160509003)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening (1364151000000105)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge planning screening declined (1364171000000101)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening (1364871000000107)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit discharge screening declined (1364881000000109)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening (1364221000000109)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit reception screening declined (1364251000000104)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening (1364261000000101)
  • Immigration Removal Centre Assessment Toolkit secondary screening declined (1364271000000108)
  • Immigration examination (148586001)
  • Isolated congenital adermatoglyphia (763748007)
  • Melanocyte immigration through epidermis, function (59052000)
  • [V]Other medical examination for administrative purposes (316540002)
  • [V]Other medical examination for administrative purposes (468611000000102)

indefinite leave

Included 2 out of 2 matching concepts.

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  • Person granted indefinite leave to remain in United Kingdom (728641000000104)
  • Person granted indefinite leave to remain in United Kingdom (937011000000100)

spouse visa

Included 0 out of 0 matching concepts.

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visa

Included 4 out of 26 matching concepts.

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  • Assessment using Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Achilles questionnaire (446217007)
  • Assessment using Victorian Institute of Sport assessment-Achilles questionnaire (715561000000102)
  • Carbapenemase-producing Raoultella planticola (1105601000112109)
  • Cedecea davisae (30854004)
  • Corvisart's facies (79043008)
  • Extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Cedecea davisae (1088501000112107)
  • Has UK tourist visitor visa (811121000000100)
  • Has United Kingdom general visitor visa (811111000000106)
  • Has United Kingdom student visa (811031000000102)
  • Has United Kingdom student visa (832501000000104)
  • Improvization technique (228586006)
  • Infection caused by vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (406604002)
  • Infection caused by vancomycin intermediate/resistant Staphylococcus aureus (406577000)
  • Klebsiella planticola (3615007)
  • Klebsiella trevisanii (35694003)
  • Leptotrichia trevisanii (431794003)
  • Nocardioides furvisabuli (25591000181100)
  • Raoultella planticola (416264004)
  • Vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (406962002)
  • Vancomycin intermediate staphylococcus aureus infection (406963007)
  • Vancomycin-intermediate/resistant Staphylococcus aureus (404947002)
  • Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Achilles questionnaire (446090002)
  • Victorian Institute of Sport Assessment-Achilles questionnaire score (446044005)
  • Victorian Institute of Sport assessment-Achilles questionnaire (715551000000100)
  • Victorian Institute of Sport assessment-Achilles questionnaire score (715671000000105)
  • Visayan language (297587006)