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Immigration Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 21 July 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 11 November 2025 to 25 November 2025.
Immigration Rules archive: 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021
Part 1 of the Immigration Act about the labour market and illegal working.
Immigration staff guidance on using evidential flexibility when considering applications.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on applications for parent of a child student visas.
Immigration staff guidance for registering British nationals as citizens under the British Nationality Act 1981.
Guidance for endorsing bodies operating under the legacy provisions for the Innovator Founder and Start up routes.
Immigration staff guidance on investigating sham marriages.
Immigration staff guidance on allocating, expediting, adjourning and concluding appeals.
Immigration staff guidance on how to decide on applications from abroad.
Immigration staff guidance providing information on what application registration cards (ARC) are and when to issue, use or withdraw them for asylum claimants.
Example files for sponsors using bulk data transfer to send information from their IT systems to the sponsorship management system.
Technical information for licensed sponsors using bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Immigration staff guidance to help make decisions on asylum support applications. Includes answers to commonly asked questions by subject area.
Immigration staff guidance on Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and asylum claims from stateless Palestinians.
Immigration staff guidance on how short-term student applications for entry clearance or leave to enter are considered.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Senegal for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bolivia for your UK visa application.
Guidance to apply to come to the UK as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) or to extend your stay.
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