Guidance

Witness summons: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on explaining to criminal investigators what a witness summons is and how to apply for one.

From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published
21 August 2014
Last updated
24 November 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Criminal investigation guidance for witness summons

PDF, 270 KB, 17 pages

Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on:

  • what a witness summons is
  • things to consider when you are deciding whether to apply for a witness summons
  • the legislation covering witness summonses
  • how to apply for a witness summons and serve the relevant papers
  • when an objection can be made to an application
  • about withdrawing a witness summons
  • how the process is different in Scotland

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Updates to this page

Published 21 August 2014
Last updated 24 November 2022 + show all updates

  1. New guidance published with updates to legislation and links.

  2. Corrected minor grammatical errors.

  3. Replaced document with a new version.

  4. Updated guidance document added.

  5. Updated guidance

  6. First published.

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