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Information for French nationals travelling to the UK with pets.
These guides provide an overview of the UK’s points-based immigration system and key information about the application process.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the UK if you are a Hong Kong British National (Overseas).
Use this form if you are from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Libya, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen, and you applied for asylum on or after 28 June 2022.
Translations of the guidance on how to visit someone in an immigration removal centre or short term holding facility, including visiting hours.
Information on using the app to apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme or Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa online.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK as aircrew.
Interim operational instruction 01/2025 about the care and management of transgender individuals in the immigration removal estate.
Information for carriers operating or intending to operate in the UK.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on applications from sheep shearers made outside the UK.
List of custody orders that are valid in the UK for immigration purposes.
Detector dogs are an essential tool in our efforts to combat and deter smugglers and those seeking to avoid border controls.
Authorisation under schedule 3, part 4, paragraph 17 (4) (a) of the Equality act 2010
Explains the circumstances in which you can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme as a ‘person with a Zambrano right to reside’.
Sets out the Immigration Rules that the government intends to apply from July 2012 to non-EEA family members.
How the Immigration Services Commissioner determines an owner's competence to run immigration advice services.
Registration as a British Overseas Territories citizen and British citizen: Chagossian descendant.
This guide provides you with information on the frontier worker permit scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on entry clearance or permission to enter when a person has breached customs regulations.
Guidance for freelance interpreters working with UK Visas and Immigration.
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