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Immigration staff guidance on the discretionary policy in place for those discharged from the British Army, Brigade of Gurkhas prior to 1 July 1997.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications to enter, remain or settle in the UK on the International Sportsperson route.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Guidance on the UK Visas and Immigration policy on non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations.
Detention services order 20/2012 on dealing with MAPPA offenders.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it handles applications made outside the UK from aircrew.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing and making decisions on asylum support claims based on destitution.
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 how UK Visas and Immigration use EU and Chicago letters to make enforced removals.
Chapter 17, section 4 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with how UK Visas and Immigration handles applications from continental shelf workers.
Immigration staff guidance on whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide information.
Technical information for IT specialists who are helping general aviation and maritime clients to transfer data into the e-Borders system.
Information for applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme on how refunds are processed if you paid an application fee.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with asylum claims from claimants with a pending prosecution.
UK Visas and Immigration settlement application guidance on civil partners.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024.
Detention Services Order 03/2022 about the care and management of potential and confirmed victims of modern slavery in detention.
Immigration staff guidance on nationality applications and claims to British citizenship based on adoption.
Guidance on what to do if your application for an account is declined or if your account is closing because you are in the UK illegally.
How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.
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