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Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on how decisions are made about applications from Innovator Founders.
Immigration staff guidance on drafting, implementing and serving asylum decisions.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Kenya for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on the process of the statement of evidence form ‘opt out’ pilot.
Information on EU, EEA and Swiss citizens' right to work in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the age of an applicant when they claim to be a child.
A step-by-step manual to reporting student activity.
How to ask us to review a decision we made about a Frontier Worker permit.
Immigration detention policy on adults who may be at risk of harm in detention.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Customer service standards for work visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.
This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 April to 30 June 2025.
Guidance on sponsoring an International Sportsperson.
Locations where you can go to get your biometric ID document scanned if you do not have an Android device with near field communication (NFC).
Immigration staff guidance on considering a previous breach of immigration laws.
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