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Immigration Rules archive for 25 November 2025 to 8 December 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 16 July 2025.
Immigration Rules archive: 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021
Immigration Rules archive for 1 January 2026 to 7 January 2026.
Immigration Rules archive: 1 December 2020 to 30 December 2020.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative processes around a bail hearing.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
This document sets out the UK Visas and Immigration position on reviewing applications following the High Court judgment.
Immigration staff guidance on how to apply the home detention curfew (HDC) scheme to foreign offenders.
Use this information to understand how to consider proof of identity and perform Knowing Your Customer (KYC) checks.
Immigration staff guidance about the acquisition of British overseas national status.
This guidance applies to anyone with enforceable EU law rights who has received a deportation decision and could appeal or has a pending appeal against that decision.
Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims related to the clearance of the Calais camp.
Answers to frequently asked questions about bulk data transfers between sponsors' IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK as aircrew.
Archive code of practice a licensed sponsor must follow to sponsor a worker to come to the UK as a performer in film and television.
Guidance for applicants for documentation issued under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus.
Objection and appeals notice guidance for drivers who are found with clandestine entrants in their vehicles by UK Visas and Immigration.
Guide for employers on the civil penalties for employing illegal workers.
Immigration staff guidance on how surrogacy in the UK affects a child’s claim to British nationality.
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