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A collection of the current Immigration Rules.
How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.
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How to provide evidence that you're a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein or a person of Northern Ireland.
General information on biometric residence permits for overseas applicants, employers and sponsors.
Guidance on what public funds are and whether you are able to receive help from them while you are living in the UK.
Information for overseas domestic workers in a private household and their employers.
Immigration staff guidance on public funds foreign nationals can claim.
Immigration staff guidance on deportation on the ground it is conducive to the public good.
Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on permitting access to public funds.
Guide for employers on the civil penalties for employing illegal workers.
Guide for sports governing bodies about the code of practice for sponsoring sportspeople.
British and Irish citizens and people with valid immigration status escaping the violence in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Lebanon can claim benefits from the day they arrive in the UK.
Guidance about Article 10 and 20 residence cards.
Part 1 of the Immigration Act about the labour market and illegal working.
How employers can avoid unlawful discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.
Draft code of practice for employers: avoiding unlawful discrimination while preventing illegal working.
This technical note sets out the methodology we recommend for how these thresholds are calculated and provides illustrative examples.
Part 8 of the Immigration Act concerns fees and charges.
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