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Immigration Rules archive for 11 November 2025 to 25 November 2025.
Immigration Rules archive: 15 February 2022 to 16 February 2022.
For Home Office personnel conducting security checks and delivering the visa process for Gaza medical evacuations (medevacs) and Gaza scholarship students.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK as aircrew.
Immigration staff guidance on what to consider when receiving applications from asylum seekers who require additional support or care.
Immigration staff guidance about the diplomatic visa arrangement (DVA) visa and permission to enter the UK on the DVA visa route.
How to apply for a UK visa in Cuba, go to the visa application centre, pay fees and collect documents.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications from people who have previously renounced British citizenship and have applied to register as a citizen.
Information and guidance to support visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on addressing cancelling leave in line with Section 5 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from sex offenders.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with asylum claims from claimants with a pending prosecution.
Customer service standards for Ukraine visa applications if you're applying from outside the UK.
Information for employers on the UK’s points-based immigration system.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for your UK visa application.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
Information about applying for a UK visa in Gibraltar.
Use with the statistical bulletin 'Control of immigration: statistics, United Kingdom' and the quarterly publication 'Control of immigration'.
Immigration staff guidance on disclosure and confidentiality of information in asylum claims.
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