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Immigration staff guidance on dealing with asylum claims from claimants with a pending prosecution.
Flowchart showing how to deal with bail applications from asylum seekers who are in detention and using UK Visas and Immigration housing as a bail address.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from mandate refugees.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on handling medical issues of visa applicants.
Detention services order 09/2014 explaining procedures for medical emergency response codes.
Detention services order 6/2015 about facilitating marriage or civil partnership of detained individuals outside immigration removal centres.
Detention services order 02/2016 about standards for the treatment of lesbian, gay and bisexual detained individuals.
Immigration staff guidance on how surrogacy in the UK affects a child’s claim to British nationality.
Statement of changes to the immigration rules published on 9 March 2023.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider requests to register individuals who are stateless as British citizens.
Immigration staff guidance on the process of the statement of evidence form ‘opt out’ pilot.
Find out how to apply for a UK visa if you are in St Helena, Ascension or Tristan da Cunha.
Summarised information about the Immigration Advice Authority regulations that immigration advisers must follow.
Immigration staff guidance about the registration of minors born both in and outside of the British overseas territories.
Detention services order 11/2014 about security information reports.
Support for Ghanaian nationals returning from the UK (reintegration services).
Support for Ethiopian nationals returning from the UK (reintegration services).
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with valuable documents.
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Immigration staff guidance on how to assess and decide applications for EEA family permits.
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