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Immigration staff guidance on Home Office document verification checks.
UK Visas and Immigration staff guidance on NHS debt.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo for your visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Malawi for your UK visa application.
Immigration Rules archive for 18 February 2025 to 10 March 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for defined certificates of sponsorship (DCoS) under the points-based system (PBS).
Guidance on paying for a faster decision on a Global Talent visa application.
Guidance on the purpose, processes and functions for the case progression panels.
Information about applications submitted as the family member of a person who is living permanently in the UK.
Detention services order 10/2024 about UK Visas and Immigration's risk assessment procedure before a detainee is placed in detention.
Immigration staff guidance on whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide information.
Immigration staff guidance for a person who has been sponsored to perform a leading role within a faith-based organisation or religious order in the UK.
Information on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on when to vary a settlement application and grant permission to stay.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications in the Tier 1 (Investor) category of the points-based system.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Armenia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ecuador for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Tajikistan for your UK visa application.
Immigration Rules archive for 26 March 2026 to 1 April 2026.
Immigration Rules archive for 9 April 2025 to 28 May 2025.
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