Guidance

Powers and operational procedure

Guidance and information on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

Published 24 March 2016
Last updated 12 November 2018 — see all updates
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UK Visas and Immigration and Immigration Enforcement

Documents

Arrest and restraint

PDF, 234KB, 45 pages

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Clandestine illegal entrants

PDF, 297KB, 27 pages

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Coercive powers: overview

PDF, 211KB, 32 pages

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Critical incident management

PDF, 619KB, 32 pages

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Enforcement planning assessments

PDF, 731KB, 52 pages

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Enforcement interviews

PDF, 138KB, 26 pages

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Enforcement visits

PDF, 165KB, 30 pages

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Enforcement visits: safety and personal protection

PDF, 153KB, 32 pages

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Identifying people at risk

PDF, 184KB, 31 pages

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Illegal working operations

PDF, 171KB, 30 pages

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Marriage investigations

PDF, 159KB, 27 pages

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Partnership working

PDF, 111KB, 16 pages

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Post enforcement visit actions

PDF, 488KB, 13 pages

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Record keeping during enforcement visits

PDF, 482KB, 19 pages

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Right to rent scheme: landlords

PDF, 644KB, 37 pages

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Search and seizure

PDF, 393KB, 33 pages

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Warrants: procurement and use

PDF, 175KB, 30 pages

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Details

Enforcement instructions and guidance documents on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

Guidance in this section has been reworked into a new format and plainer language. Not all of the enforcement guidance has been revised yet. If you cannot find the information you need in this section, please look in the ‘chapters’ sections of Enforcement instructions and guidance.

Published 24 March 2016
Last updated 12 November 2018 + show all updates
  1. Updated guidance on enforcement planning assessments, post visit actions, and record keeping published.
  2. Updated critical incident management guidance.
  3. Replaced right to rent guidance with a new version.
  4. Updated guidance on partnership working.
  5. New guidance on clandestine illegal entrants and enforcement visits: safety and personal protection.
  6. Updated guidance on 'Critical incident management'.
  7. Updated guidance on partnership working.
  8. New guidance added on 'Record keeping during enforcement visits'.
  9. Guidance added on 'Critical incident management'.
  10. Updated guidance on marriage investigations.
  11. Updated guidance on 'Enforcement visits'.
  12. 'Search and seizure' guidance updated.
  13. Guidance added on 'Operational planning and briefing'.
  14. Guidance added on 'Warrants: procurement and use'.
  15. Updated 'right to rent landlords' guidance.
  16. Guidance added on 'Partnership working'.
  17. Guidance added on 'Operational enforcement visits'.
  18. Guidance added on 'Post enforcement visit actions'.
  19. 'Marriage investigations' guidance added.
  20. Guidance added on 'Arrest and restraint', 'Enforcement interviews', 'Identifying people at risk', 'Illegal working operations' and updated guidance on 'Search and seizure'.
  21. New search and seizure guidance.
  22. Updated 'Right to rent scheme: landlords' guidance.
  23. Guidance on 'Right to rent scheme: landlords' added.
  24. Updated guidance.
  25. First published.

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