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Information for applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme on how refunds are processed if you paid an application fee.
Homes for Ukraine visa sponsorship scheme: How we use personal data.
Immigration staff guidance on how to decide on applications from abroad.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Information about asylum accommodation at Manchester Road, Huddersfield.
Information about asylum accommodation at Napier Barracks, Folkestone.
Immigration staff guidance on what to do when applicant has lodged an asylum claim before 28 June 2022 (where transitional arrangements do not apply).
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Canada for your UK visa application.
Interim operational instruction 01/2025 about the care and management of transgender individuals in the immigration removal estate.
Chapter 14, section 1 of the immigration directorate instructions provides for certain people with no right to abode to be exempt from control.
Immigration staff guidance on considering automatic claims to citizenship based on a child’s relationship with their father.
Immigration staff guidance explaining the role and expectations of freelance interpreters when they are engaged to act on behalf of the Home Office.
Detention services order 08/2014 about the Home Office's responsibilities if a detainee or resident dies in their custody.
Guidance on what to do if you get an email, telephone call or letter from someone pretending to be the Home Office.
Immigration staff guidance on the discretionary policy in place for those discharged from the British Army, Brigade of Gurkhas prior to 1 July 1997.
Immigration Rules archive: 10 August 2022 to 21 August 2022.
Immigration Rules archive for 22 February 2024 to 10 March 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 25 November 2025 to 8 December 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 29 July 2025 to 3 August 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 29 June 2023 to 16 July 2023.
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