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Support for Nigerian nationals returning from the UK (reintegration services).
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Afghanistan for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ukraine for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on considering cases under the Windrush scheme.
How Border Force decides the level of civil penalty for drivers found carrying people into the UK illegally.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Check what you must do when you enter the UK if you’re coming from Ukraine with personal belongings and you have been issued a visa on the Ukraine Sponsorship visa scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from seamen arriving in the UK.
Guidance to help students through passport control when arriving at the UK Border.
Immigration staff guidance on when to grant an application to register as a British citizen under special circumstances.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Botswana for your UK visa application.
Staff guidance on how to assess whether the exemption from the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) requirement applies to residents of Ireland.
This guidance tells you about identity document validation technologies and how they can be used to support the checking of identity documents.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Cameroon for your UK visa application.
Immigration Rules archive for 1 July 2026 to 29 July 2026.
Immigration staff guidance on the duration of, and conditions attached to, permission to stay.
Immigration staff guidance on considering medical evidence in asylum claims.
Guidance explaining the licence sponsor suspension of Buckinghamshire New University and its effect on international students and workers.
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