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UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Your identity document (for example your passport or identity card) will…
Check what documents you’ll need to enter the UK. You’re a British citizen…
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You must co-operate if you’re stopped and asked about your baggage. If you…
Passing through a UK airport while on the way to another country is called…
These documents relate to the Nationality and Borders Bill 2022 which received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
Guidance for those affected by changes to UK immigration and borders due to coronavirus.
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration monitors and reports on the efficiency and effectiveness of the immigration, asylum, nationality and customs functions carried out by the Home Secretary and by officials and others on their behalf. The Chief...
Guidance for businesses on OPSS border controls.
This hub brings together information from across government to help provide industry with the tools needed to innovate at the border.
Factsheet giving details of the measures contained in the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Find out the different ways that customs approved border locations can be operated in the UK. A border location can be either a wharf, airport or rail terminal.
Border Force is a law enforcement command within the Home Office. We secure the UK border by carrying out immigration and customs controls for people and goods entering the UK. Border Force is part of the Home Office .
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