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Immigration Rules archive: 1 January 2016 to 5 April 2016, an archived document.
Immigration Rules archive: 1 January 2017, an archived document.
Immigration Rules archive for 16 May 2024 to 5 June 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 August 2025 to 4 August 2025.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 April 2017 to 30 April 2017, an archived document.
Detention service order 07/2012 on medical appointments outside the detention estate.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on applications for parent of a child student visas.
List of Sampath Bank branches where you can pay your visa application fee in Sri Lanka.
Immigration staff guidance on the duration of, and conditions attached to, permission to stay.
Immigration staff guidance on considering the defence against criminal prosecution available to genuine asylum seekers.
Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.
Immigration staff guidance on the tariff-expired removal scheme (TERS) for foreign offenders.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Botswana for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Jordan for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Senegal for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Sudan for your UK visa application.
Customer service standards for Ukraine visa applications if you're applying from outside the UK.
This policy explains how support can be provided to people with an urgent and exceptional need that cannot wait for a payment to be made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Immigration staff guidance on the process to follow if they have witnesses who are required to give evidence in court.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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