Immigration status
Metadata
- Coding system
- SNOMED CT (UK Clinical Edition)
- Coding system release
- 39.2.0
- Organisation
- OpenSAFELY
- Codelist ID
- opensafely/immigration-status
- Version ID
- 704c8e17
- Number of codes included
- 27
About
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 |
|---|---|
| 148642003 | Examination of refugee |
| 161157008 | Refugee |
| 185711000000100 | Family reunion immigrant |
| 189151000000100 | Family reunion immigrant |
| 306211000000109 | Failed asylum seeker |
| 306221000000103 | Application for Asylum declined |
| 306231000000101 | Application for Asylum declined |
| 389297006 | Refugee |
| 389298001 | Asylum seeker |
| 390033009 | Asylum seeker |
| 390790000 | Asylum seeker |
| 413323004 | Refugee family |
| 416625007 | Family reunion immigrant |
| 446654005 | Refugee |
| 554851000005102 | Asylum seekers center |
| 728611000000100 | Asylum seeker awaiting decision on refugee status |
| 728621000000106 | Asylum seeker with application for asylum refused |
| 728631000000108 | Asylum seeker with humanitarian protection status |
| 728641000000104 | Person granted indefinite leave to remain in United Kingdom |
| 728651000000101 | Refugee |
| 729851000000109 | Asylum seeker with discretionary leave to remain |
| 748241000000103 | Unaccompanied child asylum seeker |
| 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.
asylum
Included 12 out of 12 matching concepts.
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Application for Asylum declined (
306221000000103) -
Application for Asylum declined (
306231000000101) -
Asylum seeker (
389298001) -
Asylum seeker (
390790000) -
Asylum seeker (
390033009) -
Asylum seeker awaiting decision on refugee status (
728611000000100) -
Asylum seeker with application for asylum refused (
728621000000106) -
Asylum seeker with discretionary leave to remain (
729851000000109) -
Asylum seeker with humanitarian protection status (
728631000000108) -
Asylum seekers center (
554851000005102) -
Failed asylum seeker (
306211000000109) -
Unaccompanied child asylum seeker (
748241000000103)
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)
refugee
Included 7 out of 12 matching concepts.
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Asylum seeker awaiting decision on refugee status (
728611000000100) -
Examination of refugee (
171420007) -
Examination of refugee (
148642003) -
Refugee (
728651000000101) -
Refugee (
389297006) -
Refugee (
446654005) -
Refugee (
161157008) -
Refugee family (
413323004) -
Refugee healthcare service (
1231786003) -
Signposting to Refugee Council (
1057331000000104) -
[V]Health examination of defined subpopulation (
271495005) -
[V]Health examination of defined subpopulation (
411771000000105)
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)
work permit
Included 0 out of 0 matching concepts.