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Witness summons: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on explaining to criminal investigators what a witness summons is and how to apply for one.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published:
21 August 2014
Last updated:
25 September 2025
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  1. Updated the criminal investigation guidance for witness summons with housekeeping changes and added an accessible version.

  2. New guidance published with updates to legislation and links.

  3. Corrected minor grammatical errors.

  4. Replaced document with a new version.

  5. Updated guidance document added.

  6. Updated guidance

  7. First published.

Documents

Criminal investigation guidance for witness summons (accessible)

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Criminal investigation guidance for witness summons

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Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on:

  • what a witness summons is
  • things to consider when you are deciding whether to apply for a witness summons
  • the legislation covering witness summonses
  • how to apply for a witness summons and serve the relevant papers
  • when an objection can be made to an application
  • about withdrawing a witness summons
  • how the process is different in Scotland

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