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Immigration Rules archive: 24 August 2020 to 4 October 2020
Immigration Rules archive: 30 March 2019 to 1 April 2019.
Immigration Rules archive: 30 November 2021 to 13 December 2021
Immigration Rules archive: 5 May 2021 to 5 May 2021.
Immigration Rules archive: 5 May to 30 June 2014, an archived document.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 April 2016 to 18 May 2016, an archived document.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 April 2019 to 21 April 2019.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 April 2021 to 4 May 2021.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 July 2019 to 31 July 2019.
This document is a consolidated version of the Immigration Rules and is now archived.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications under the interpretation acts.
Leaflet with guidance for visa applicants who have tested negative for active tuberculosis.
Immigration staff guidance on foreign national offender (FNO) cases with families, and in particular children under 18, in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from mandate refugees.
Reference guide with explanatory notes on issues and classifications.
Immigration staff guidance on non-compliant asylum and human rights claims.
Concession for workers working on well boats in UK territorial seas.
Immigration staff guidance on giving an operational briefing and what it includes in each briefing.
Immigration staff guidance explaining what to do when a passport is received as part of a nationality application.
Immigration staff guidance on checking migrants' identity.
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