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The home of Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner on GOV.UK. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers; ensuring they are fit, competent and act in their clients’ best in…
Resource book for level 1 exams for the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
Details on how to become a registered immigration adviser including the 'new' Level 1 assessment, the online competence assessments and associated OISC forms.
Sample level 1 immigration assessments from the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
Application for Registration Guidance Note
Application forms for initial OISC registration, EU Settlement Scheme programme, maintaining registration, raising your levels and changing your legal status.
OISC contact details
Application and competence statement for organisations who want to take on new immigration advisers.
Guidance setting out the standards that immigration advisers should meet to be considered competent.
Information on how the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner tests applicant immigration advisers.
Immigration advisers who have been prohibited or suspended by the Immigration Services Tribunal.
Resource book for level 2 and 3 exams for the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
The Home Office has announced that from Tuesday 24 May, the fee for an organisation to register with the OISC is increasing.
An animated overview on how to use Adviser Finder and who might benefit from using it.
Three suspected fraudulent immigration lawyers have been arrested in Greater Manchester following a Home Office raid on Wednesday 24 January.
Model documents for organisations applying to be registered with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
Guidance about the process of the new online competence assessment from the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers; ensuring they are fit, competent and act in their clients' best interests
Form for registered organisations to continue their registration with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC). (Checked/validated Mar 2019)
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