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Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Hong Kong for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on Appendix HM Armed Forces.
Immigration staff guidance on handling cases about pending prosecution.
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.
Immigration Rules archive for 2 January 2025 to 3 February 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from representatives of overseas businesses.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance providing information on what application registration cards (ARC) are and when to issue, use or withdraw them for asylum claimants.
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 Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 21 July 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications non-conducive to the public good.
Information about applications submitted as the family member of a person who is living permanently in the UK.
Immigration Rules archive for 13 August 2025 to 3 September 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK as aircrew.
Immigration staff guidance on deprivation of British citizenship.
Guidance to apply to come to the UK as a Tier 1 (Investor) or to extend your stay.
Immigration staff guidance on how to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship and identify a valid divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications from stateless people.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ukraine for your UK visa application.
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.
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