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Immigration staff guidance on how decisions are made about applications for new entrepreneurs seeking to establish a business in the UK for the first time.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing whether someone is excluded from Asylum or Humanitarian Protection.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for a purpose not covered by the Immigration Rules.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Paraguay for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Japan for your UK visa application.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
Information and guidance to support visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance based on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for using interpreters.
Immigration staff guidance explaining how to consider applications for entry clearance, permission to stay or settlement following a grant of the coronavirus extension concession (CEC) or the exceptional assurance (EA) conce…
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on the derivative rights of residence.
Technical information for licensed sponsors using bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).
Example files for sponsors using bulk data transfer to send information from their IT systems to the sponsorship management system.
UK Visas and Immigration settlement application guidance on civil partners.
Chapter 17, section 4 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with how UK Visas and Immigration handles applications from continental shelf workers.
A quarterly report showing the total number of fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in each region of the UK.
This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 January to 31 March 2024.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 April 2018 to 5 July 2018.
Immigration Rules archive: 24 November 2016 to 11 December 2016, an archived document.
Immigration Rules archive for 2 April 2026 to 7 April 2026.
Immigration Rules archive: 17 February 2022 to 29 March 2022.
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