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Immigration Rules archive for 29 June 2023 to 16 July 2023.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 April 2019 to 21 April 2019.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Information and guidance on handling armed forces applications made outside the United Kingdom.
Detention services order 12/2023 to provide instructions to staff on the service of removal notices and departure details for detained individuals.
List of Standard Chartered Bank branches where you can pay your visa application fee in Nigeria.
Contains details of policy changes, together with information on changes to immigration legislation that affect immigration statistics.
Detention services order 05/2015 about reporting and communicating incidents in detention centres.
Guidance for local authorities and partners on the Syrian vulnerable person resettlement programme (VPR)
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Turkmenistan for your UK visa application.
Eligibility criteria for additional family members (AFM) on the first stage of Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it handles applications made outside the UK from aircrew.
Immigration staff guidance on Appendix HM Armed Forces.
Immigration staff guidance on Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and asylum claims from stateless Palestinians.
Immigration staff guidance to help make decisions on asylum support applications. Includes answers to commonly asked questions by subject area.
Guidance for HM Passport Office staff on delivery and collection of passports and supporting documents.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when to ask for extra authorisation from another person or organisation before we issue a passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from customers who hold British overseas citizenship.
Country and nationality codes that licensed sponsors need for bulk data transfers between their IT systems and the sponsorship management system.
Tips from the Immigration Advice Authority on how to write a complaint letter to an immigration adviser.
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