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Guidance

Immigration assistance: practice note

Offers guidance on what individuals and community or voluntary groups are legally permitted to do when advising people with immigration-related queries.

Updates to this page

From:
Immigration Advice Authority
Published:
16 October 2018
Last updated:
20 August 2025
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  1. eVisa details have been revised in accordance with current guidance.

  2. Updated to reflect recent policy changes regarding No Time Limit (NTL) applications.

  3. Document updated to include scenario based examples.

  4. Explanation for update expanded.

  5. Reordered attachments

  6. The page has been updated with 2023 version of the Guidance

  7. Updated Practice Note

  8. Document 'Immigration Assistance - 2021' added

  9. New document added: Guidance for EUSS advisers on authorised work at Level 1

  10. First published.

Documents

Immigration assistance: practice note - July 2025

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Details

This document outlines the types of assistance individuals and organisations can provide to those seeking guidance on their immigration status or requiring advice and support with an immigration matter.

It also clarifies which activities are regulated by the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) or other legal services regulators, such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Bar Standards Board, CILEx Regulation, or their equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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