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Immigration staff guidance on whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide information.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from an extended family member of a European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss national.
Sets out the Immigration Rules that the government intends to apply from July 2012 to non-EEA family members.
A list of restricted certificates allocated each month for employer sponsorship in Skilled Worker.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in London and the South East.
Immigration Rules archive for 19 February 2024 to 21 February 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 29 July 2025 to 3 August 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with international travel ban cases.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 August 2025 to 4 August 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 November 2025 to 10 November 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 8 October 2024 to 8 October 2024.
Immigration staff guidance on checking whether an asylum applicant's representative is legally authorised to provide advice.
Immigration staff guidance on sham marriages and the offences involved.
Immigration staff guidance on safeguarding children and adults.
Immigration staff guidance on nationality applications and claims to British citizenship based on adoption.
Immigration staff guidance on the age concern referrals process.
Immigration staff guidance on who can register as a British citizen under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.
Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider whether an individual is ordinarily resident in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on registering the children of British overseas territories citizens (BOTC) as BOTC and British citizens.
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