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Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
How the civil penalty accreditation scheme works.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it handles applications made outside the UK from aircrew.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK as aircrew.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider referrals made under the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme pathway 1 stage 2: separated families.
Immigration staff guidance on considering settlement applications by migrants who have previously held Tier 1 (General) leave.
Guidance on the process of how to apply for an endorsement review for Global Talent.
Immigration staff guidance on European Economic Area (EEA) national qualified persons.
List of custody orders that are valid in the UK for immigration purposes.
Immigration staff guidance on how UK Visas and Immigration use EU and Chicago letters to make enforced removals.
Immigration staff guidance on addressing cancelling leave in line with Section 5 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
Project Kraken is a joint law enforcement operation tackling maritime border crime.
Support for Nigerian nationals returning from the UK (reintegration services).
Detention services order 05/2015 about reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the Dominican Republic for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on how to apply the policy on illegal working as a breach of asylum support conditions.
Immigration Rules archive for 14 October 2025 to 3 November 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 September 2025 to 13 October 2025
Immigration staff guidance on the language analysis process used by the Home Office, how it is accessed and when it should be used to establish place of origin.
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