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Home Office operating standards for the detention services escort process.
Detention services order 08/2016 about the care and management of adults at risk in immigration detention.
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.
General information on biometric residence permits for overseas applicants, employers and sponsors.
These technical notes set out the methodology we recommend for how these thresholds are calculated and provide illustrative examples.
Immigration staff guidance on abandoned appeals.
Letter template for visa applicants in Russia to authorise a nominated person to collect your visa documents from VFS global.
Immigration staff guidance on Educational Testing Services (ETS).
Tells HM Passport Office staff about handling supporting documents for British passport applications and when they can or cannot be accepted.
Information for applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme on how refunds are processed if you paid an application fee.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for defined certificates of sponsorship (DCoS) under the points-based system (PBS).
Summarised information about the Immigration Advice Authority regulations that immigration advisers must follow.
Detention services order 01/2022 about the care and management of individuals under the assessment care in detention and teamwork (ACDT) processes.
Summarises Home Office considerations for publishing detailed datasets as part of the Immigration Statistics series.
Information on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide information.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Paraguay for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on making decisions involving difficult ethical issues.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 November 2025 to 10 November 2025.
Immigration Rules archive: 20 June 2022 to 27 June 2022.
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