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How the Immigration Services Commissioner determines an adviser's competence to give immigration advice.
Immigration Rules archive for 10 September 2024 to 7 October 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 30 December 2025 to 31 December 2025.
Detention services order 05/2018 about Home Office policy on detainees having mobile phones and cameras in removal centres.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people who wish to come to the UK under the Youth Mobility Scheme visa category.
Learn about the OISC Code of Standards and how this relates to your role as an Immigration Adviser. PLEASE NOTE: This course is provided without a voice-over.
Summarised information about the Immigration Advice Authority regulations that immigration advisers must follow.
Detention services order 05/2015 about reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres.
Immigration staff guidance on the early removal scheme for foreign offenders.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Afghanistan for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Iraq for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in South Korea for your UK visa application.
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.
If you are in Hong Kong, our guides explain which visa is right for you and how to apply.
Guidance about how Chinese and Indian nationals can visit the UK and Ireland using a single visa.
How to check for people trying to hide in your vehicle or trailer, and make your vehicle secure, so that you comply with the clandestine entrant penalty scheme.
Immigration staff guidance providing historical background information on nationality and help with assessing citizenship claims.
Immigration Rules archive for 11 November 2025 to 25 November 2025.
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