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The Afghan citizens resettlement scheme separated families (ACRS) pathway closed at 3pm on 30 October 2024. You can no longer make a referral under this scheme.
Immigration staff guidance providing information on what application registration cards (ARC) are and when to issue, use or withdraw them for asylum claimants.
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
Detention services order 09/2012 about searching detainees, staff and visitors at removal centres.
We continue to work at pace to assist people facing serious risk in Afghanistan.
Immigration Rules archive for 13 August 2025 to 3 September 2025.
Model documents for organisations applying to be registered with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).
Immigration staff guidance on how to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship and identify a valid divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.
A list of eligible trade agreements and sectors for the Service Supplier visa (Global Business Mobility).
A user guide to Home Office immigration system statistics.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Guidance on what to do if your application for an account is declined or if your account is closing because you are in the UK illegally.
Guidance to apply to come to the UK as a Tier 1 (Investor) or to extend your stay.
Immigration staff guidance on Immigration Rules 345A-D, relating to inadmissibility of asylum claims and the Home Office processes supporting those rules.
Detention services order 06/2013 about the reception and induction checklist and supplementary guidance.
Immigration staff guidance on granting restricted leave.
Immigration staff guidance on suitability grounds under section 3 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Zimbabwe for your UK visa application.
Immigration Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 21 July 2025.
Level 3 immigration learning objectives for immigration adviser applicants.
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