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Immigration staff guidance on healthcare needs to consider when finding accommodation for asylum applicants.
A guide to the civil penalty scheme for employers who give a job to an illegal worker.
Immigration Rules archive for 14 October 2025 to 3 November 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 September 2025 to 13 October 2025
Immigration Rules archive for 9 April 2025 to 28 May 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on the standards and processes to be followed when assessing, scoring and prioritising immigration enforcement operational work.
If you are in Hong Kong, our guides explain which visa is right for you and how to apply.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Sri Lanka for your UK visa application.
Guidance on how to apply for a visa for a Commonwealth country or British overseas territory.
Guidance about how Chinese and Indian nationals can visit the UK and Ireland using a single visa.
A step-by-step manual for bulk data transfer of confirmations of acceptance for studies.
A step-by-step manual to using miscellaneous confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) functions.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications for a sponsor licence for Worker and Temporary Worker routes.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system (PBS).
Immigration staff guidance on revoking indefinite leave.
How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.
This notice only applies to those contacted about the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Detention Services Order 03/2022 about the care and management of potential and confirmed victims of modern slavery in detention.
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