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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...
Report someone who you think may be living or working in the UK illegally, employing someone illegally
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
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.
Guidance for those affected by changes to UK immigration and borders due to coronavirus.
Apply to visit, work, study, settle or seek asylum in the UK
Information about Immigration Enforcement. Immigration Enforcement is part of the Home Office .
This series brings together documents relating to Home Office statistics on migration.
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK
Information about the UK’s points-based immigration system for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
Examines the wage and occupation outcomes for cohorts of immigrants who arrived in the UK since 2002.
A document setting out estimates of the immigration impact of the package of legal migration measures announced on 4 December 2023.
Make arrangements to return home voluntarily if you're in the UK illegally or have claimed asylum by assisted return, voluntary return, AVR, VRS
A user guide to Home Office immigration system statistics.
How immigrants held on immigration issues can apply for bail while they wait for an appeal, review or removal.
The Immigration Act will change the removals and appeals system, end the abuse of Article 8 and prevent illegal immigrants accessing public services.
This paper explores the likelihood of unemployment and economic inactivity by people's ethnicity, gender and whether they are first or second generation immigrants.
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