Guidance

Common Travel Area or other countries: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on assessing admissibility to the Common Travel Area or other countries.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 1 December 2020
• Last updated: 1 June 2023
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  1. 1 June 2023

     Added a reference to Appendix Adult Dependant Relatives under the 'About this guidance' section in line with changes to the Immigration Rules.

  2. 20 June 2022

     Replaced document with a revised version.

  3. 11 October 2021

     Updated guidance: Reference to ‘Paragraph 159I in Part 5 of the rules’ replaced by ‘Appendix Domestic Worker who is a Victim of Modern Slavery’ in the ‘About this guidance’ section.

  4. 1 December 2020

     First published.

Documents

Suitability: admissibility to the Common Travel Area or other countries

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Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff assess:

• whether an application for entry clearance or permission to enter should be refused on the grounds that the applicant is seeking entry to the UK with the intention of entering another part of the Common Travel Area, but they are not acceptable to the Immigration authorities there
• whether an application for entry clearance, permission to enter or permission to stay should be refused as the applicant will not be admitted to another country after a stay in the UK

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