Guidance and regulation

What you’ll need to enter the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme or EU Settlement Scheme family permit rules.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 9 August 2023

• If you're from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland

  If you have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme…

• If you're not from the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland

  If you have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme…

How your personal information is used within the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) system.

• From: Home Office and 1 others
• Updated: 25 October 2023

• Electronic travel authorisation: privacy information notice

  Introduction The Home Office hold and process personal information…

This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering the UK.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 15 January 2024

• UK customs information: England, Scotland and Wales (accessible version)

  1. Overview This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when…

• UK customs information: Northern Ireland (accessible version)

  Contents This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering…

Leaflet explaining Border Force's legal obligations to keep children safe.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 9 August 2023

Immigration staff guidance on processing returning resident applications.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 16 January 2024

Immigration staff guidance on the common travel area (CTA).

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 17 March 2022

Find out about the required documentation for people who sail pleasure craft to and from the UK.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 22 August 2022

A user guide to Home Office immigration system statistics.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 29 February 2024

Guidance to help students through passport control when arriving at the UK Border.

• From: Border Force and 1 others
• Updated: 12 August 2015

Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of the different ways individuals can transit through the UK and definitions of key terminology.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 15 March 2023

Advice for avoiding delays at UK border control, including how to use ePassport gates.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 7 March 2024

Guidance for leaders of school parties and other groups crossing the UK border on a coach or bus.

• From: Border Force and 1 others
• Updated: 8 January 2015

Guidance on the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 21 December 2023

Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims related to the clearance of the Calais camp.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 31 December 2020

Guidance on the document checks that air, rail and sea carriers must make, and how they are charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 4 January 2023

We use a fleet of patrol boats, known as 'cutters', to protect UK waters.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 21 May 2013

This Border Force privacy information notice explains how we look after your information and why we use it.

• From: Border Force and 1 others
• Updated: 29 August 2023

Objection and appeals notice guidance for drivers who are found with clandestine entrants in their vehicles by UK Visas and Immigration.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 4 January 2022

Information for carriers operating or intending to operate in the UK.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 3 April 2014

Project Kraken is a joint law enforcement operation tackling maritime border crime.

• From: Border Force and 1 others
• Updated: 5 January 2023