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A step-by-step guide to creating a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS). This document should be viewed with the SMS guide 4.
Resource book for level 2 and 3 exams for the Immigration Advice Authority.
Essential information about competence assessments, including syllabuses, example questions, marking criteria, and assessment dates.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider granting humanitarian protection.
Immigration staff guidance on making a decision about reconsidering an application.
Immigration staff guidance for assessing applications where the individual is claiming right of abode in the UK.
Explains who was eligible to be considered for resettlement to the UK in the first stage of Pathway 3 of this scheme, and the process for eligible people.
Immigration staff guidance on false representations, false documents, false information or failure to disclose a relevant fact where refusal is discretionary.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence.
Information for applicants about the process of the online competence assessment from the Immigration Advice Authority.
Immigration staff guidance on handling asylum claims from applicants who have a UK visa or have applied for one.
This video explains how to recover access to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Morocco for your UK visa application.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you have certain other types of British nationality.
Model documents for organisations applying to be registered with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guide for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications to enter or remain in the UK on the Global Business Mobility routes.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
A list of employing or hosting institutions approved by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for Global Talent.
Urgent actions refugees need to do to claim Universal Credit and other benefits, once they have been given refugee status.
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