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Get proof of your immigration status if you have been told you can view your immigration status online, for example if you have settled or pre-settled status.
UK Visas and Immigration is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for people...
How to contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) for help with your application or immigration account, from inside and outside the UK.
Keep your UK Visas and Immigration account details up to date - your mobile phone number, email address, name, identity document and UK address
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
Millions are being invited to switch from physical immigration documents to an eVisa – a key step in creating a modernised and digital border.
Information on using your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account to prove your rights in the UK and keep your details up to date.
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
Statement of changes in Immigration Rules: 1994 to 2024.
Guidance for those affected by changes to UK immigration and borders due to coronavirus.
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers; ensuring they are fit, competent and act in their clients’ best interests OISC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Home Office .
Information about Immigration Enforcement. Immigration Enforcement is part of the Home Office .
This series brings together documents relating to Home Office statistics on migration.
Immigration staff guidance on the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS).
Apply to visit, work, study, settle or seek asylum in the UK
Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK
Report someone who you think may be living or working in the UK illegally, employing someone illegally
If you believe your immigration status is wrong, and it has stopped you accessing work, benefits or services, you can ask the Home Office to check it.
This series brings together all documents relating to Immigration system statistics quarterly release.
Full-time students from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland studying in the UK can apply for a reimbursement of the immigration health surcharge (IHS).
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