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Information on what a Very Important Person (VIP) Delegate visa is and how to apply for one.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK as aircrew.
Technical information for licensed sponsors using bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Immigration staff guidance on the free movement rights of European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss nationals.
Immigration staff guidance on decisions and orders on the exclusion of foreign nationals from the UK.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Sets out the Immigration Rules that the government intends to apply from July 2012 to non-EEA family members.
Immigration staff guidance on handling HM forces exempt from immigration control.
Guidance for frontline staff on illegal working closure notices and compliance orders.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative processes around a bail hearing.
Guidance to support visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration Rules archive: 19 May 2016 to 23 November 2016, an archived document.
Immigration Rules archive for 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024.
Guidance for banks and building societies on carrying out immigration status checks on current account holders and applicants.
Immigration staff guidance on refugee integration loan applications and what happens next if they approve a loan.
List of Standard Chartered Bank branches where you can pay your visa application fee in Nepal.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for a basic compliance assessment under Tier 4 of the points-based system (PBS).
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from sex offenders.
How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.
Guidance about how immigration law applies to overseas surrogacy.
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