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Guidance for banks and building societies on carrying out immigration status checks on current account holders and applicants.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with international travel ban cases.
Country of origin information about how UK Visas and Immigration decide applications.
Immigration staff guidance on which cases may be checked through international biometric data-sharing and how to arrange these checks and use the results.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how to check if an individual or organisation providing immigration advice or services is qualified and what to do if they are not.
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
Objection and appeals notice guidance for drivers who are found with clandestine entrants in their vehicles by UK Visas and Immigration.
Immigration staff guidance on transferring or referring a case to another unit.
Guidance and information about UK Visas and Immigration's values and customer service, as well as what it expects from customers.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vanuatu for your UK visa application.
Declaration that sets out how the UK and France will work together to prevent illegal migration and stop traffickers.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bhutan for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on how immigration enforcement teams deal with the extradition of suspects and offenders.
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.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from customers applying for a visa under Appendix Family Reunion (Protection).
Immigration staff guidance on roles and responsibility when interviewing suspects.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from mandate refugees.
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