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Letter template for visa applicants to authorise a nominated person to collect your visa documents from WorldBridge.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Part 1 of the Immigration Act about the labour market and illegal working.
Part 7 of the Immigration Act concerns public sector workers.
Guidance to support visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration Rules archive: 1 January 2022 to 14 February 2022.
Immigration Rules archive for 25 November 2025 to 8 December 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 29 July 2025 to 3 August 2025.
Guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from sex offenders.
Immigration staff guidance on how short-term student applications for entry clearance or leave to enter are considered.
Archive guides to codes of practice for sponsoring skilled workers.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy and procedures for tracing family members of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Immigration staff guidance on transferring refugee status.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Belarus for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the Dominican Republic for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and asylum claims from stateless Palestinians.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Canada for your UK visa application.
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