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This guidance tells His Majesty’s Passport Office staff about the renunciation (giving up) of British nationality.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with valuable documents.
Immigration staff guidance on reviewing refugee leave or settlement protection using the full equality impact assessment template.
This OISC guidance explains why clients should use a regulated immigration adviser and the risks of not doing so.
SLA for services provided by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) at UK Visas and Immigration detention centres.
Guidance for family members of EEA national students required to hold comprehensive sickness insurance (CSI) in the UK.
Information and guidance on handling visa applications made outside the UK.
Information for immigration advisers on signposting and referring clients.
This guidance explains what a specimen passport is and how His Majesty’s Passport Office deals with requests for specimen passports.
Archive code of practice you must follow if you want to sponsor a worker who is a dancer (in dance forms other than ballet).
Find out how to apply for a UK visa if you are in St Helena, Ascension or Tristan da Cunha.
Immigration staff guidance on how surrogacy in the UK affects a child’s claim to British nationality.
Guidance from the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (the OISC) on the 2016 Commissioner’s code of standards.
Guidance on how arrangements for Tier 2 of the points-based system operate.
Guide for operational staff working with new arrivals under pathways 2 and 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Myanmar (Burma) for your visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bolivia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Brunei for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Namibia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Paraguay for your UK visa application.
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