Border control

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Services

1. Application to join civil penalty accreditation scheme

   Form to apply for UK Visas and Immigration's civil penalty accreditation scheme for hauliers.

2. Clearance of missing or delayed baggage: non-EU arrivals

   Form BOR1422 is used by non-EU arrivals when clearing missing or delayed baggage through UK customs controls at ports or airports.

3. Application for approved gate check status

   Forms and information for carriers applying for approved gate check (AGC) status to reduce charges for inadequately documented passengers.

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Guidance and regulation

1. Children travelling to the UK
   • Promotional
   • 22 July 2013
   • Border Force
2. Travelling to the UK
   • Guidance
   • 14 December 2017
   • Border Force
3. Returning residents
   • Guidance
   • 13 July 2018
   • UK Visas and Immigration
4. Common travel area
   • Guidance
   • 16 July 2018
   • UK Visas and Immigration
5. Transit guidance
   • Guidance
   • 16 January 2018
   • UK Visas and Immigration

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News and communications

10 January 2019 — News story

Wildlife criminal jailed for rare bird eggs importation attempt

Border Force

1. Statement: migrant crossings
   • 7 January 2019
   • Home Office and Border Force
   • Oral statement
2. Navy vessel to be sent to the Channel
   • 3 January 2019
   • Home Office and Border Force
   • Press release
3. ePassport gates to open to visitors from Singapore and South Korea
   • 3 December 2018
   • Home Office and Border Force
   • News story
4. Joint UK-France centre opens in Calais to tackle criminality at border
   • 27 November 2018
   • Home Office and Border Force
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Home Office – Statistics at Home Office
   • 13 December 2018
   • Home Office
   • Statistics
2. Immigration statistics, year ending September 2018: data tables
   • 29 November 2018
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
3. Immigration Statistics, year ending September 2018
   • 29 November 2018
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
4. Immigration statistics, year ending June 2018: data tables
   • 23 August 2018
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
5. Third report on statistics being collected under the exit checks programme
   • 23 August 2018
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Home Office’s immigration statistics – arrivals data
   • 14 August 2018
   • Home Office
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 02 September 2017
2. Home Office response to the report 'An Inspection of Border Force operations at east coast seaports'
   • 12 July 2017
   • UK Visas and Immigration
   • Policy paper
3. Home Office response to the report 'An Inspection of Border Force operations at Gatwick Airport (South Terminal)'
   • 12 July 2017
   • UK Visas and Immigration
   • Policy paper
4. Home Office response to the report 'An inspection of Border Force’s identification and treatment of potential victims of modern slavery, July to October 2016'
   • 2 February 2017
   • UK Visas and Immigration
   • Policy paper
5. Home Office response to the report 'An inspection of Border Force operations at Coventry and Langley postal hubs, March – July 2016'
   • 13 October 2016
   • UK Visas and Immigration
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Border Force transparency data: February 2018
   • 22 February 2018
   • Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement
   • Transparency
2. Border Force transparency data: November 2017
   • 30 November 2017
   • Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement
   • Transparency
3. Border Force transparency data: May 2017
   • 24 August 2017
   • Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement
   • Transparency
4. Border Force transparency data: August 2017
   • 24 August 2017
   • Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement
   • Transparency
5. Border Force transparency data: February 2017
   • 23 February 2017
   • Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Border Force
2. UK Visas and Immigration
3. Home Office
4. Immigration Enforcement
5. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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1. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland

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