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Immigration staff guidance on granting temporary permission to stay to victims of human trafficking and slavery.
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Immigration staff guidance on making a decision about reconsidering an application.
Guidance on the UK Visas and Immigration policy on non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations.
March 2025 About this code of practice Background 1. The government is…
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for an administrative review.
How to ask us to review a decision we made about a Frontier Worker permit.
Immigration staff guidance on the appeals process from the Immigration Act 2014.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications non-conducive to the public good.
Immigration staff guidance on whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide information.
UK Visas and Immigration staff guidance on NHS debt.
Immigration staff guidance on applications where a person is involved in a sham marriage.
How to ask us to review a decision we made about your right to enter the UK as a Service Provider from Switzerland.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with litigation debts owed to the Home Office from applicants.
Home Office consultation published 18 March 2011.
Home Office consultation results published March 2011.
Home Office consultation published 7 December 2009.
Chapter 9, section 1 of the immigration directorate instructions deals with whether an adverse decision on an application is justified.
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