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Immigration staff guidance on military service and conscientious objection.
Guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on investigating sham marriages.
Immigration staff guidance on applying section 55 when processing applications for asylum support.
Immigration staff guidance on Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and asylum claims from stateless Palestinians.
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
Information on the use of facial age estimation technology for the purpose of immigration age assessments.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on the facilitated return scheme (FRS) for foreign offenders.
Immigration staff guidance on how to check if an individual or organisation providing immigration advice or services is qualified and what to do if they are not.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with naturalisation and registration certificates issued by UKVI for British passport applications.
Model documents for organisations applying to be registered with the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA).
Guidance for leaders of school parties and other groups crossing the UK border on a coach or bus.
Project Pegasus is a joint law enforcement operation tackling aviation border crime around the UK
Policy statement on the new immigration arrangements for British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) citizens and their dependants.
Detention services order 02/2022 on the use of interpretation services and electronic translation devices.
Level 3 immigration learning objectives for immigration adviser applicants.
Immigration Rules archive for 8 January 2026 to 4 March 2026.
Immigration Rules archive for 18 December 2024 to 1 January 2025.
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