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Detention service order 01/2020 about access to a video call service.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on the derivative rights of residence.
This Border Force privacy information notice explains how we look after your information and why we use it.
Immigration staff guidance on which cases may be checked through international biometric data-sharing and how to arrange these checks and use the results.
Technical information for sponsors using bulk data transfer to send information from their IT systems to the sponsorship management system.
Immigration staff guidance on the background and rights of British overseas citizens and establishing if an individual has a claim to the citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on who can register as a British citizen under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.
Immigration staff guidance on checking whether an asylum applicant's representative is legally authorised to provide advice.
A useful reference guide with explanatory notes on the issues and classifications which are key to the production and presentation of this release.
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 London and the South East.
Immigration Rules archive for 22 July 2025 to 28 July 2025.
This document is a consolidated version of the Immigration Rules and is now archived.
Immigration Rules archive for 1 June 2023 to 28 June 2023.
Immigration Rules archive: 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021
Immigration Rules archive for 1 January 2026 to 7 January 2026.
Guidance to support visa applications made outside the UK.
Information about the immigration routes available for Ukrainian nationals in the UK, British nationals and their family members.
Part 4 of the Immigration Act concerns appeals.
Part 3 of the Immigration Act concerns enforcement.
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