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Guidance to apply to give up your British citizenship or another type of British nationality.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing a person’s relationship with their partner.
Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Charity Worker.
Customer service standards for family visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.
Guidance on the document checks that air, rail and sea carriers must make, and how they are charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing and calculating the requirements under Appendix Continuous Residence.
Use this information to understand how to apply for a biometric residence permit or learn whether prospective staff can work in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on considering family migration applications that are not required to or cannot meet the minimum income threshold.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications under the Graduate route.
These videos explains how to update your personal details and identity document in your UKVI account.
Immigration staff guidance on protection or human rights based further submissions.
How to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme if you are the family member of a frontier worker.
How ex-gratia payments are managed and resolved, and how actual and non-financial losses are assessed by UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the age of an applicant when they claim to be a child.
Immigration staff guidance for assessing applications where the individual is claiming right of abode in the UK.
A list of the immigration offences that can prevent you from getting a sponsorship licence.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing whether an applicant has met the English language requirement.
Immigration staff guidance on investigating sham marriages.
Immigration staff guidance on criminal history for entry clearance applications in the UK.
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