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Introduction The Home Office hold and process personal information…
A list for employers to check if their staff have the right to work in the UK.
You may conduct one of the three checks to establish a right to work: if…
How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.
About this guidance This guidance advises an employer how to conduct a…
Find out how to make a subject access request to see information held about you. You can also make a request for someone else.
This code of practice sets out the prescribed checks that employers should conduct to avoid a civil penalty in the event of illegal working.
Explains how we handle data provided by financial condition supporters.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
How to detect basic forgeries in identity documents.
Guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.
Guidance for banks and building societies on carrying out immigration status checks on current account holders and applicants.
Advice for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus pandemic.
Guidance on how ex-gratia payments are managed and resolved, and how actual and non-financial losses are assessed by UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in London and the South East.
Immigration detention policy on adults at risk in immigration detention.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Guidance on what to do if your application for an account is declined or if your account is closing because you are in the UK illegally.
Detention services order 02/2018 on the processes within the immigration detention estate relating to Detainee Custody Officer certification.
Detention services order 09/2012 about searching detainees, staff and visitors at removal centres.
Detention services order 4/2017 about the use of surveillance camera systems including how data is managed and kept secure.
Guidance on how complaints are managed and resolved by UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
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