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. Securing borders and reducing immigration

    Immigration enriches our culture and strengthens our economy and we want to attract people to study, work and invest in the UK.

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Documents

Our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Family migration

    • 28 April 2014
    • Consultation outcome
  2. Fees and charging: immigration and visas consultation

    • 30 January 2014
    • Consultation outcome

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Our publications

Our statistics

Our ministers

Our management

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    Contact UK Visas and Immigration from inside the UK

    Contact UK Visas and Immigration from outside the UK

    Make a subject access request

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

    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:

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    Direct communications unit
    2 Marsham Street
    London
    SW1P 4DF

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