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Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications from overstayers.
A guide to the civil penalty scheme for employers who give a job to an illegal worker.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
UK Visas and Immigration list of countries designated under the visiting forces act and orders.
Immigration staff guidance explaining the process for considering human rights claims in overseas visit applications.
Guidance for frontline staff on illegal working closure notices and compliance orders.
Part 1 of the Immigration Act about the labour market and illegal working.
Guidance for leaders of school parties and other groups crossing the UK border on a coach or bus.
Immigration staff guidance on addressing cancelling leave in line with Section 5 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
Immigration staff guidance on applications where a person is involved in a sham marriage.
Explains the pre-departure screening programme for applicants to the UK and provides guidance for those who conduct tuberculosis (TB) screening.
Chapter 14, section 1 of the immigration directorate instructions provides for certain people with no right to abode to be exempt from control.
Detention services order 10/2024 about UK Visas and Immigration's risk assessment procedure before a detainee is placed in detention.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of legacy authorised organisations for a Start-up visa
These factsheets provide information for EU, EEA, Swiss citizens and their family members who applied to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 June 2021.
Immigration staff guidance on claims where gender-related persecution or serious harm forms all or part of the claim.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside.
Immigration Rules archive for 11 April 2024 to 15 May 2024.
Immigration staff guidance on the language analysis process used by the Home Office, how it is accessed and when it should be used to establish place of origin.
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