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This guidance explains full details of eligibility for the Windrush Scheme.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on European Economic Area (EEA) national qualified persons.
Immigration staff guidance on Appendix HM Armed Forces.
Immigration staff guidance providing information on what application registration cards (ARC) are and when to issue, use or withdraw them for asylum claimants.
Immigration staff guidance on dependants and former dependants applying for asylum.
Immigration Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 21 July 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on how to carry out sponsor visits before and after licences are issued.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from representatives of overseas businesses.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Kenya for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications non-conducive to the public good.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ukraine for your UK visa application.
Immigration Rules archive for 10 October 2024 to 7 November 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 13 August 2025 to 3 September 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on how to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship and identify a valid divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.
The Afghan citizens resettlement scheme separated families (ACRS) pathway closed at 3pm on 30 October 2024. You can no longer make a referral under this scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy and process to follow when human rights issues are raised alongside an asylum claim or are inherent in that claim.
This video explains how an employer can check someone's right to work.
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