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UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for...
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Statement of changes in Immigration Rules: 1994 to 2025.
This series brings together documents relating to Home Office statistics on migration.
Listing of the data tables included in 'Immigration system statistics'.
Illegal migrants and arrivals reliant on benefits face waiting between 20 and 30 years to settle – the toughest in Europe.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Information about Immigration Enforcement. Immigration Enforcement is part of the Home Office .
Quarterly statistics on people coming to the UK, extensions of stay, citizenship, asylum, detentions, and returns.
The white paper sets out the government's plans to create an immigration system which promotes growth but is controlled and managed.
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