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What you’ll need to enter the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme or EU Settlement Scheme family permit rules.
If you have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme…
How your personal information is used within the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) system.
Introduction The Home Office hold and process personal information…
This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering the UK.
1. Overview This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when…
Contents This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering…
Leaflet explaining Border Force's legal obligations to keep children safe.
Guidance on the document checks that air, rail and sea carriers must make, and how they are charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.
Advice for avoiding delays at UK border control, including how to use ePassport gates.
Guidance on the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023
Immigration staff guidance on processing returning resident applications.
Immigration staff guidance on the common travel area (CTA).
This guidance is intended for Home Office staff and covers people applying as members of a Head of State or ministerial delegation.
Find out about the required documentation for people who sail pleasure craft to and from the UK.
A user guide to Home Office immigration system statistics.
Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of the different ways individuals can transit through the UK and definitions of key terminology.
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.
Guidance to help students through passport control when arriving at the UK Border.
Guidance for leaders of school parties and other groups crossing the UK border on a coach or bus.
Technical information for IT specialists who are helping general aviation and maritime clients to transfer data into the e-Borders system.
Objection and appeals notice guidance for drivers who are found with clandestine entrants in their vehicles by UK Visas and Immigration.
Information for French nationals travelling to the UK with pets.
A user guide to Home Office irregular migration to the UK statistics.
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