What we do

UK Visas and Immigration is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for people who come here legally.

UKVI is part of the Home Office.

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Our policies

  1. Immigration and borders

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. Home Secretary visits new coastal patrol vessel in Scotland

    • Press release

  2. Refugees of all nationalities fleeing Syria are now eligible for resettlement in the UK

    • News story

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Our consultations

  1. Clandestine civil penalty regime

    • Closed consultation

  2. Reforming support for failed asylum seekers and other illegal migrants

    • Consultation outcome

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Our publications

  1. Register of licensed sponsors: students

    • Guidance

  2. Register of licensed sponsors: workers

    • Guidance

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Our statistics

  1. Migrant journey: fifth report

    • Official Statistics

  2. Immigration statistics, July to September 2014

    • National Statistics

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Our ministers

Our management

Contact UKVI

Contact UK Visas and Immigration from outside or inside the UK

Make a subject access request

Find out how to see the personal information that UK Visas and Immigration holds about you.

Report an immigration crime

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
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Freedom of Information requests

Direct communications unit
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

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