Guidance

Deporting foreign nationals on conducive grounds: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on deportation on the ground it is conducive to the public good.

Documents

Revocation of a deportation order

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Conducive deportation

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Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff make deportation decisions in respect of:

  • any non-British citizen who does not have rights protected under the Agreements regardless of when the conduct occurred
  • any person who has rights protected by the Agreements (or the UK’s domestic implementation of the Agreements) in relation to conduct that occurred after 23:00 GMT on 31 December 2020
Published 20 October 2014
Last updated 20 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Conducive deportation: updated references to 'director' with the applicable grades in the Home Office.

  2. Updated to amend the name of the team who deal with revocation of deportation orders.

  3. Updated deporting foreign nationals on conducive grounds guidance to reflect changes made to Part 13 of the Immigration Rules and reflect changes introduced by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.

  4. Updated to include the forthcoming changes to Part 13 of the Immigration Rules which cover revoking deportation orders.

  5. Added guidance on revocation of a deportation order.

  6. Added a link to guidance on EEA decisions taken on grounds of public policy.

  7. New deporting foreign nationals on conducive grounds guidance which replaces deporting non-EEA foreign nationals guidance.

  8. Updated guidance.

  9. Updated guidance.

  10. First published.