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Immigration staff guidance about British subjects and how to consider applications to acquire that status.
Chapter 19, section 3 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with section 1(5) of the Immigration Act 1971.
This guidance document tells caseworkers how to make decisions in casework compliance cases.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from people who are stateless.
Immigration staff guidance on how UK Visas and Immigration use EU and Chicago letters to make enforced removals.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider a person’s domicile based on assessing citizenship claims and applications.
Guidance for the courts in England in considering the defence of taking steps to end a residential tenancy agreement.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications where the customer's parent was granted pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from an extended family member of a European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss national.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications under the High Potential Individual route.
Immigration staff guidance on handling HM forces exempt from immigration control.
A user guide to Home Office irregular migration to the UK statistics.
The Inspection Framework sets out the six levels of inspection.
A quarterly report showing the total number of fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in each region of the UK.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Immigration staff guidance on section 31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and Article 31 of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Immigration Rules archive for 12 April 2023 to 12 April 2023.
Immigration Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 16 July 2025.
Immigration Rules archive: 19 May 2016 to 23 November 2016, an archived document.
Immigration Rules archive for 25 July 2023 to 6 August 2023.
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