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Cases involving pending prosecution: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on handling cases about pending prosecution.

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Pending prosecutions

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UK Visas and Immigration staff guidance on handling pending prosecutions in the UK and determining whether they are a barrier to deporting foreign national offenders.

Updates to this page

Published 12 August 2022
Last updated 22 November 2024 + show all updates
  1. Guidance updated to: delete the section covering EUSS applications, as pending prosecutions are no longer relevant in an EUSS context; and reflect the renaming of the Identification, Law Enforcement Engagement team (ILEET) to the Pendings, Documentation and POCA Team (PDP Team) in the Foreign National Offender Returns Command (FNO RC).

  2. Removal of the section covering EUSS applications, as pending prosecutions are no longer relevant in an EUSS context.

  3. This guidance has been updated to include administrative removal action in the deportation section.

  4. References to Director, AD and DD have been updated to grades. An accessible version of the guidance has been added.

  5. First published.

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