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Locations where you can go to get your biometric ID document scanned if you do not have an Android device with near field communication (NFC).
Immigration staff guidance on how to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship and identify a valid divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications from stateless people.
Immigration staff guidance on applying for an extension of permission under Appendix ECAA extension of stay.
Guidance on citizenship rights for Chagossians following the entry into force of the Diego Garcia treaty.
Immigration staff guidance on the Afghan locally employed staff schemes.
Guidance on how to apply for a visa for a Commonwealth country or British overseas territory.
Immigration staff guidance on the allocation of non-detained asylum accommodation.
Detention services order 06/2013 about the reception and induction checklist and supplementary guidance.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Staff guidance on how to assess whether the exemption from the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) requirement applies to residents of Ireland.
This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 October to 31 December 2024.
Detention services order 2/2017 about removal from association and temporary confinement.
Detention services order 06/2018 about standards of accommodation at detention centres.
Telephone reporting allows eligible people to comply with the conditions of their immigration bail over the phone, reducing the need to attend a reporting centre in person.
This guidance tells you about identity document validation technologies and how they can be used to support the checking of identity documents.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it handles applications made outside the UK from seafarers.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.
Guidance and information about entry clearance guidance and what it is used for.
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