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Immigration Rules archive for 4 September 2025 to 13 October 2025
Sets out the standards that immigration advisers should meet to be considered competent.
This video explains how to recover access to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.
How to apply to become a British citizen again after giving up (renouncing) citizenship.
Information about the arrivals and processing centre at Manston.
Information on the Immigration Advice Authority's revised Continuing Professional Development scheme.
Use this checklist to help secure your vehicle to stop people using it to enter the UK illegally.
Immigration staff guidance on withdrawing asylum claims.
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.
The Refugee Employability Programme supports refugees to find work and settle into their local communities.
This guidance explains the rights of European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss citizens to UK benefits and pensions.
Immigration staff guidance on the Appendix Finance requirement.
Immigration staff guidance on making a decision about reconsidering an application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the Philippines for your UK visa application.
Customer service standards for visit and transit visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.
Guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.
Immigration staff guidance on travel document checks.
Immigration staff guidance on how to apply the failure to travel to asylum accommodation policy.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh for your UK visa application.
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