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Immigration Rules archive: 1 January 2020 to 19 February 2020
Immigration Rules archive for 13 February 2025 to 17 February 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 16 July 2025.
Guidance for banks and building societies on carrying out immigration status checks on current account holders and applicants.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications to enter, remain or settle in the UK on the International Sportsperson route.
Guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications in the Tier 1 (Investor) category of the points-based system.
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 whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide information.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for a purpose not covered by the Immigration Rules.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications to transfer a visa to a new biometric residence permit.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Botswana for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Guatemala for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Peru for your UK visa application.
Information on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on abandoned appeals.
Immigration staff guidance on allocating, expediting, adjourning and concluding appeals.
Country and nationality codes that licensed sponsors need for bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on applications from sheep shearers made outside the UK.
List of custody orders that are valid in the UK for immigration purposes.
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