Guidance

Powers and operational procedure

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

From:
UK Visas and Immigration and Immigration Enforcement
Published
24 March 2016
Last updated
27 August 2021 — See all updates

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

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Critical incident management

PDF, 411KB, 41 pages

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Enforcement planning assessments

PDF, 529KB, 54 pages

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Enforcement interviews

PDF, 269KB, 24 pages

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Enforcement visits

PDF, 291KB, 31 pages

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Enforcement visits: safety and personal protection

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Identifying people at risk

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Illegal working operations

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Marriage investigations

PDF, 612KB, 45 pages

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Method of entry

PDF, 562KB, 13 pages

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Partnership working

PDF, 111KB, 16 pages

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Post enforcement visit actions

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Record keeping during enforcement visits

PDF, 229KB, 19 pages

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Right to rent: landlords’ penalties

PDF, 334KB, 38 pages

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Search and seizure

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Warrants: procurement and use

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Safeguarding and establishing lawful residence

PDF, 609KB, 33 pages

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 27 August 2021 + show all updates

  1. Guidance on critical incident management updated. Changes are detailed on page 5 of the document.

  2. Updated version of 'Marriage investigations' pdf file.

  3. Updated guidance on marriage investigations and enforcement interviews/visits in line with EU exit changes.

  4. Updated Right to rent: landlords’ penalties document.

  5. Record keeping during enforcement visits updated.

  6. Updated the Enforcement Planning Assessments document.

  7. Updated to add Method of entry guidance

  8. Guidance on identifying people at risk updated: minor housekeeping – broken links fixed; changes reflect a change to contact details and a slight change to the paragraph regarding the NRM process.

  9. Guidance on marriage investigations updated.

  10. Added a new document 'Safeguarding and establishing lawful residence'.

  11. Updated guidance on enforcement planning assessments, post visit actions, and record keeping published.

  12. Updated critical incident management guidance.

  13. Replaced right to rent guidance with a new version.

  14. Updated guidance on partnership working.

  15. New guidance on clandestine illegal entrants and enforcement visits: safety and personal protection.

  16. Updated guidance on 'Critical incident management'.

  17. Updated guidance on partnership working.

  18. New guidance added on 'Record keeping during enforcement visits'.

  19. Guidance added on 'Critical incident management'.

  20. Updated guidance on marriage investigations.

  21. Updated guidance on 'Enforcement visits'.

  22. 'Search and seizure' guidance updated.

  23. Guidance added on 'Operational planning and briefing'.

  24. Guidance added on 'Warrants: procurement and use'.

  25. Updated 'right to rent landlords' guidance.

  26. Guidance added on 'Partnership working'.

  27. Guidance added on 'Operational enforcement visits'.

  28. Guidance added on 'Post enforcement visit actions'.

  29. 'Marriage investigations' guidance added.

  30. Guidance added on 'Arrest and restraint', 'Enforcement interviews', 'Identifying people at risk', 'Illegal working operations' and updated guidance on 'Search and seizure'.

  31. New search and seizure guidance.

  32. Updated 'Right to rent scheme: landlords' guidance.

  33. Guidance on 'Right to rent scheme: landlords' added.

  34. Updated guidance.

  35. First published.

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