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Guidance for those working for a company based in Switzerland and your employer needs you to work on a pre-existing contract in the UK.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for settlement by those on the family and private life routes.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 August 2025 to 4 August 2025.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the UK.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence.
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if you are a representative of an overseas business or a representative of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for a fee waiver from overseas Human Rights-based applications (Article 8).
This guidance tells decision makers how to manage and decide applications under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme.
A step-by-step guide to creating a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS). This document should be viewed with the SMS guide 4.
Immigration staff guidance on permission to work for asylum applicants.
How to get professional qualifications obtained in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein recognised in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on the common travel area (CTA).
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the USA for your UK visa application.
Find the annual going rate for jobs that are eligible for certain Global Business Mobility visas.
Sets out the standards that immigration advisers should meet to be considered competent.
To help sponsors create and assign individual and batches of confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS).
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor who is applying for a defined certificate of sponsorship (CoS)
Level 1 immigration learning objectives for immigration adviser applicants.
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