Border Force

Part of Home Office
  1. Entering the UK
  2. Registered Traveller service
  3. Bringing goods into the UK
  4. Bringing food, animals or plants into the UK
  5. Report an immigration crime

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Wrapped blocks of cocaine

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Border Force seizes 37kg of cocaine at Dover

Border Force officers in Dover have prevented an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden under a lorry’s bunk bed mattresses.

The hiding space in the minibus, once the 2 Albanian men had been removed

News story

Dover people smuggler jailed

A people smuggler caught by Border Force officers at Dover has been jailed.

An image of Border Force checks.

News story

Border Force prioritising checks on medical equipment

Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: to make sure medical equipment reaches the NHS frontline quicker, Border Force will be prioritising checks on their shipments.

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Detailed guide

Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents

This is advice for visa customers and applicants in the UK, visa customers outside of the UK and British nationals overseas who need to apply for a passport affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus.

Latest from Border Force

  1. Request personal data held in the immigration and borders system
    • Guidance
  2. Border Force seizes 37kg of cocaine at Dover
    • News story
  3. Home Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 22 May 2020
    • Speech

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What Border Force does

Border Force is a law enforcement command within the Home Office. We secure the UK border by carrying out immigration and customs controls for people and goods entering the UK.

Border Force is part of the Home Office.

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Services

  1. Entering the UK
  2. Bringing goods into the UK
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Guidance and regulation

  1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): travellers exempt from border rules in the UK
    • Guidance
  2. Borders, immigration and citizenship: privacy information notice
    • Guidance
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News and communications

  1. Border Force seizes 37kg of cocaine at Dover
    • News story
  2. Home Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 22 May 2020
    • Speech
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Research and statistics

  1. Power to enter business premises without a search warrant
    • Independent report
  2. Emergency travel document process
    • Independent report
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: multilateral and migration annual review summaries 2018 to 2019
    • Policy paper
  2. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: multilateral programme summaries for 2019 to 2020
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Border Force transparency data: May 2020
    • Transparency
  2. Customer service operations data: May 2020
    • Transparency
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Our management

Paul Lincoln
Paul Lincoln
Director General, Border Force
Emma Moore
Chief Operating Officer

Contact Border Force

Complaints allocation hub

Central point of receipt
7th Floor
Lunar House
40 Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR9 2BY
United Kingdom

Due to coronavirus (COVID-19), all correspondence sent by post will not receive a reply within normal timescales.

Report an immigration crime

Contact Form: Report an immigration crime

Immigration Enforcement hotline

0300 123 7000

In an emergency, dial 999 and ask for the police.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.

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