Guidance

Level of decision making: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on authority levels for decisions on British nationality applications based on different circumstances.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 27 July 2017
• Last updated: 7 March 2024
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  1. 7 March 2024

     Update to the levels of decision-making from Senior Executive Officer to Deputy Director for nullity decisions to proceed on the basis that a registration or naturalisation was a nullity.

  2. 17 March 2023

     Updated guidance.

  3. 3 October 2022

     Added information on levels of decision making for new provisions introduced under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.

  4. 30 November 2018

     Updated guidance published.

  5. 9 November 2017

     Guidance updated.

  6. 4 September 2017

     Updated guidance.

  7. 2 August 2017

     Updated guidance.

  8. 27 July 2017

     First published.

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Levels of decision making

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff detailing who is responsible for making decisions about British nationality applications depending on the circumstance.