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These guides provide an overview of the UK’s points-based immigration system and key information about the application process.
Interim guidance for those receiving Home Office funding to establish a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) or areas considering to set a VRU up.
Information about the asylum accommodation site at Wethersfield.
The operation of the Authority to Carry Scheme prevents certain individuals from travelling to or from the UK when that is necessary in the public interest.
Staff guidance on how to assess whether the exemption from the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) requirement applies to residents of Ireland.
This guidance tells you about identity document validation technologies and how they can be used to support the checking of identity documents.
Immigration Rules archive for 15 November 2023 to 27 December 2023.
Immigration staff guidance on when to grant an application to register as a British citizen under special circumstances.
SOPs should take account of regulatory requirements and security practices.
The Start-up route is for a person seeking to establish a business in the UK for the first time. From 13 April 2023 this route is only available to those who hold a valid Start-up endorsement issued before the 13 April 2023…
Supporting the wider policing community and their families.
This code of practice relates to the exercise of functions conferred by virtue of Parts 3 and 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
Detention services order 03/2017 about care and management of detained individuals who refuse to eat or drink.
The HES can identify non-UK rough sleepers who qualify for public funding on the basis of their immigration status but are unable to prove it.
Guidance on implementing section 176 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014: Low-value shoplifting.
The code of practice sets out the vetting standards which are to be applied by police forces in England and Wales.
Provides guidance on protected sites designated under sections 128 to 131 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA) 2005.
Guide for schools on how terrorist groups such as ISIL use social media to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq.
How to make applications under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) and how the government responds to terrorist incidents.
Code of practice issued under section 377 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
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