Collection

Visas and immigration operational guidance

Visas and immigration operational guidance for staff.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 22 May 2023
• Last updated: 20 July 2023 — See all updates

A collection of operational policy guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration staff to make decisions.

Asylum guidance

• Asylum appeals (asylum instructions)
  • 11 June 2014
  • Collection
• Asylum decision making guidance (asylum instructions)
  • 2 October 2023
  • Collection
• Asylum screening and routing (asylum instructions)
  • 13 January 2021
  • Collection
• Asylum support (asylum instructions)
  • 14 May 2021
  • Collection
• Children (asylum instructions)
  • 31 March 2023
  • Collection
• Detention and reporting (asylum instructions)
  • 19 September 2017
  • Collection

Enforcement guidance

• Criminality and detention (immigration staff guidance)
  • 1 August 2023
  • Collection
• Immigration Enforcement general instructions (immigration staff guidance)
  • 3 November 2016
  • Collection
• Returns and removals (immigration staff guidance)
  • 28 November 2013
  • Collection

Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) guidance

• Electronic travel authorisation – Irish resident exemption
  • 25 July 2023
  • Guidance

Entry clearance guidance

• Appeals (entry clearance guidance)
  • 17 December 2013
  • Collection
• Common travel area (entry clearance guidance)
  • 18 December 2013
  • Collection
• Crew members (entry clearance guidance)
  • 17 December 2013
  • Collection
• Entry clearance basics (entry clearance guidance)
  • 18 December 2013
  • Collection
• Entry for non points-based system employment (entry clearance guidance)
  • 17 December 2013
  • Collection
• European nationals and schemes (entry clearance guidance)
  • 18 December 2013
  • Collection
• Exempt (entry clearance guidance)
  • 18 December 2013
  • Collection
• Family members under Part 8 and Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules
  • 16 April 2014
  • Guidance
• Maintenance and accommodation (entry clearance guidance)
  • 18 December 2013
  • Collection
• Medical issues (entry clearance guidance)
  • 18 December 2013
  • Collection
• Right of abode (entry clearance guidance)
  • 18 December 2013
  • Collection
• Settlement (entry clearance guidance)
  • 17 December 2013
  • Collection

Fees and forms

• Citizenship application forms
  • 24 November 2022
  • Collection
• UK visa and immigration application forms
  • 16 June 2023
  • Collection
• UK visa fees
  • 15 September 2023
  • Policy paper

Immigration rules

• Archive: Immigration Rules
  • 14 August 2023
  • Collection
• Immigration Rules
  • 9 August 2023

Immigration staff guidance

• Appeals (immigration staff guidance)
  • 14 May 2021
  • Collection
• Applications (immigration staff guidance)
  • 27 November 2013
  • Collection
• Armed forces (immigration staff guidance)
  • 13 January 2023
  • Collection
• EEA, Swiss nationals and EC association agreements (immigration staff guidance)
  • 7 January 2022
  • Collection
• Enforcement and criminal investigations (immigration staff guidance)
  • 29 August 2023
  • Collection
• Family of people settled or coming to settle (immigration staff guidance)
  • 20 June 2022
  • Collection
• General grounds for refusal (immigration staff guidance)
  • 11 October 2022
  • Collection
• Identity checks (immigration staff guidance)
  • 14 September 2020
  • Collection
• Immigration intelligence (immigration staff guidance)
  • 8 February 2018
  • Collection
• Other cross-cutting guidance (immigration staff guidance)
  • 17 May 2023
  • Collection
• Other immigration categories (immigration staff guidance)
  • 27 April 2015
  • Collection
• Settlement (immigration staff guidance)
  • 17 August 2022
  • Collection
• Studying (Immigration staff guidance)
  • 17 January 2022
  • Collection
• Visitors (immigration staff guidance)
  • 21 November 2022
  • Collection
• Working in the UK (immigration staff guidance)
  • 14 November 2022
  • Collection

Nationality guidance

• Requirements and considerations common to all types of British nationality (nationality guidance)
  • 10 May 2023
  • Collection
• British citizenship (nationality guidance)
  • 23 November 2022
  • Collection
• Right of Abode (nationality guidance)
  • 14 November 2017
  • Collection
• British overseas territories citizens (BOTC) (nationality guidance)
  • 28 June 2022
  • Collection
• British overseas citizens (nationality guidance)
  • 14 November 2017
  • Collection
• British subjects (nationality guidance)
  • 14 November 2017
  • Collection
• British nationals overseas (nationality guidance)
  • 31 January 2021
  • Collection
• British protected persons (nationality guidance)
  • 14 November 2017
  • Collection
• Historical background information on nationality (nationality guidance)
  • 14 November 2017
  • Collection

Windrush guidance

• Windrush Compensation Scheme: caseworker guidance
  • 16 March 2023
  • Guidance
• Windrush scheme: caseworker guidance
  • 24 May 2023
  • Guidance

Published 22 May 2023
Last updated 20 July 2023 + show all updates

1. 20 July 2023

   New caseworker guidance on the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) Irish resident exemption added.

2. 22 May 2023

   First published.