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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...
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.
Statement of changes in Immigration Rules: 1994 to 2024.
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
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Report someone who you think may be living or working in the UK illegally, employing someone illegally
Compare visas to visit, work, study or join a family member already in the UK. How to apply and what the decision on your application means.
A collection of the current Immigration Rules.
Progress on immigration as numbers on key visa routes fall 24%, detentions start after passing of Rwanda law, and a major crackdown begins on illegal working.
Search for someone to help you with advice and applications to stay in the UK - free and paid-for services, adviser levels 1, 2, 3 and complaints.
Information about Immigration Enforcement. Immigration Enforcement is part of the Home Office .
Information on eVisas and why you need one.
Find out how to prove your right to work in the UK to an employer. Get an online share code to prove your right to work if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
Guidance for those affected by changes to UK immigration and borders due to coronavirus.
The Home Secretary, on his visit to the USA, calls on the international community to unite to tackle the issue of migration.
When and how to appeal against a visa, asylum or immigration decision - appeals to the immigration and asylum tribunal, administrative review, fees, forms, further submissions
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 .
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
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