We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Help improve GOV.UK Sign up to take part in user research (opens in a new tab)
Immigration Rules archive for 16 May 2024 to 5 June 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 11 March 2025 to 11 March 2025.
Guidance to support visa applications made outside the UK.
Guidance for frontline staff on illegal working closure notices and compliance orders.
Immigration staff guidance on decisions and orders on the exclusion of foreign nationals from the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on what the full capacity requirement is for applications and what to consider before granting an application.
List of visas showing their old names and their current names.
Immigration staff guidance on the duration of, and conditions attached to, permission to stay.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with litigation debts owed to the Home Office from applicants.
Immigration staff guidance on who can register as a British citizen under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.
Immigration staff guidance on how to decide on applications from abroad.
Immigration staff guidance on safeguarding children and adults.
These factsheets provide information for EU, EEA, Swiss citizens and their family members who applied to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 June 2021.
Letter template for visa applicants to authorise a nominated person to collect your visa documents from WorldBridge.
A list of restricted certificates allocated each month for employer sponsorship in Skilled Worker.
Technical information for licensed sponsors using bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from sex offenders.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for a purpose not covered by the Immigration Rules.
Information on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Cambodia for your UK visa application.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).