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Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Answers to frequently asked questions about bulk data transfers between sponsors' IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Chapter 17, section 4 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with how UK Visas and Immigration handles applications from continental shelf workers.
UK Visas and Immigration settlement application guidance on civil partners.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for leave from domestic workers in private households.
Immigration staff guidance on requests for information from Eurodac or under Article 34 of the Dublin Regulation (EU) No.604/2013, for age assessment purposes.
Authorisation under schedule 3, part 4, paragraph 17 (4) (a) of the Equality act 2010
Immigration Rules archive for 12 March 2025 to 1 April 2025.
Detention services order 20/2012 on dealing with MAPPA offenders.
List of Standard Chartered Bank branches where you can pay your visa application fee in Nepal.
Guidance on paying for a faster decision on a Global Talent visa application.
Guidance for how certain people born before 1983, who didn't acquire British nationality at birth because their mother could not pass on status, can apply to correct that.
Immigration staff guidance on addressing cancelling leave in line with Section 5 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
Immigration staff guidance on applications where a person is involved in a sham marriage.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications to transfer a visa to a new biometric residence permit.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Algeria for your UK visa application.
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 Guyana for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance to help make decisions on asylum support applications. Includes answers to commonly asked questions by subject area.
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