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Failure to produce immigration document: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on the offence a person commits if they do not have a valid passport or travel document.

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Prosecution under section 2: failure to produce immigration document

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff about the offence a person commits under section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004, if they do not have a valid passport or equivalent travel document at a leave to enter or asylum interview.

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Updates to this page

Published 13 March 2014
Last updated 21 May 2020 + show all updates
  1. Latest version of the guidance published with minor amendments.

  2. Updated 'Prosecution under section 2: failure to produce immigration document'

  3. Updated guidance.

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