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Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications from protectorates and protected states.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for British passports.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decide the legal parentage of children from surrogacy.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from people who are stateless.
Immigration directorate instructions chapter 1: list of former British dependencies and British overseas territories
Asylum support policy bulletins for UK Visas and Immigration staff.
Guidance and information on operational enforcement activity for officers dealing with enforcement immigration matters within the UK.
Asylum process guidance about how UK Visas and Immigration decide applications.
The immigration (PACE codes of practice no 2 and amendment) direction 2000
List of New York-based independent visa services and agents that are registered with the Home Office.
Chapter 1, section 16 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with how UK Visas and Immigration handles gender recognition issues.
Chapter 5, section 13 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with applications to enter the UK on the international graduate scheme.
Chapter 5, section 14 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with applications to enter the UK on the fresh talent working in Scotland scheme.
Chapter 9, section 8 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with how UK Visas and Immigration removes a person refused leave to enter.
Summary showing how the UK is spending and administering its allocation of the European Integration Fund.
Immigration staff guidance on preparing and giving evidence in court.
This document is a consolidated version of the Immigration Rules and is now archived.
Guidance on how to apply for a visa for a Commonwealth country or British overseas territory in Ireland.
Immigration Rules archive: 6 April 2013 to 30 April 2013
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