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A user guide to Home Office immigration system statistics.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from Commonwealth citizens with a grandparent born in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on the appeals process from the Immigration Act 2014.
Staff guidance on how to consider applications for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA).
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
The HES can identify non-UK rough sleepers who qualify for public funding on the basis of their immigration status but are unable to prove it.
Immigration Rules archive for 18 February 2025 to 10 March 2025.
Guidance about how Chinese and Indian nationals can visit the UK and Ireland using a single visa.
Immigration staff guidance on how to decide on applications from abroad.
Information on the Home Office exchange rate policy (HOERP).
Immigration staff guide for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications to enter or remain in the UK as a dependant family member of a Tier 1 migrant.
Find out about the required documentation for people who sail pleasure craft to and from the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme.
Guidance and information about entry clearance guidance and what it is used for.
Detention services order 05/2015 about reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres.
Support for Somalian nationals returning from the UK (reintegration services).
Detention services order 01/2022 about the care and management of individuals under the assessment care in detention and teamwork (ACDT) processes.
Detention services order 02/2019 about managing age dispute cases in immigration detention.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Malaysia for your UK visa application.
Information on the use of facial age estimation technology for the purpose of immigration age assessments.
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