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Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for entry or leave as an adopted child or a child coming to the UK for adoption.
Immigration Rules archive for 1 July 2025 to 15 July 2025.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Zambia for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme.
This guidance explains full details of the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on withdrawing asylum claims.
Immigration staff guidance on sham marriages and the offences involved.
Guidance on what to do if your application for an account is declined or if your account is closing because you are in the UK illegally.
Immigration Rules archive for 9 April 2025 to 28 May 2025.
Guidance and information about entry clearance guidance and what it is used for.
Guidance about how Chinese and Indian nationals can visit the UK and Ireland using a single visa.
Information about applications submitted as the family member of a person who is living permanently in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how decisions are made about applications from Innovator Founders.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications from self-employed Turkish business persons, Turkish workers or their family members.
Immigration staff guidance on excluding protection under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Customer service standards for settlement applications for the UK.
This guidance tells caseworkers about registration as a British citizen for Irish citizens, under section 4AA of the British Nationality Act 1981.
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