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Detention services order 06/2026 provides guidance on hospital inpatient admissions for people detained under immigration powers.
Immigration Rules archive for 8 January 2026 to 4 March 2026.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider referrals made under the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme pathway 1 stage 2: separated families.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when to ask for extra authorisation from another person or organisation before we issue a passport.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Detention services order 01/2019 about standards on the use, management and storage of detainee escort records.
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 for a person who has been sponsored to perform a leading role within a faith-based organisation or religious order in the UK.
Detention services order 05/2015 about reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres.
Immigration staff guidance on granting restricted leave.
Guidance and information about entry clearance guidance and what it is used for.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Namibia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Panama for your UK visa application.
The Inspection Framework sets out the six levels of inspection.
This guidance tells you about identity document validation technologies and how they can be used to support the checking of identity documents.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for registration as a British citizen from children of British parents.
Urgent actions refugees need to do to claim Universal Credit and other benefits, once they have been given refugee status.
Immigration staff guidance on European Economic Area (EEA) national qualified persons.
Immigration staff guidance on Home Office document verification checks.
Explains who was eligible to be considered for resettlement to the UK in the first stage of Pathway 3 of this scheme, and the process for eligible people.
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