Guidance

Criminality guidance in article 8 ECHR cases: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how to consider article 8 ECHR cases when deporting a criminal.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 27 February 2017
• Last updated: 22 March 2026
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  1. 22 March 2026

     Updated to reflect changes to the automatic deportation provision in the UK Borders Act 2007 and to Part 5A Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 by the Sentencing Act 2026.

  2. 13 May 2024

     Guidance updated to reflect changes made to Part 13 of the Immigration Rules and the Supreme Court judgment of HA (Iraq), RA (Iraq) and AA (Nigeria) v SSHD [2022] UKSC 22.

  3. 14 May 2019

     Updated guidance document.

  4. 1 February 2019

     Updated guidance document.

  5. 27 February 2017

     First published.

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Criminality: Article 8 ECHR cases (accessible)

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on how claims involving article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are considered when a person is being deported from the UK because of their criminality.