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This inspection follows a 2022 ICIBI report on initial processing at Dover and a commission from the Home Secretary to assess operations at Manston
The Office of The Immigration Services Commissioner is running two-hour seminars for applicants seeking to apply for registration, free of charge, on Wednesday 28 June.
The closing date for expressions of interest has been extended to Monday, 3 July 2023.
The UK’s new Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme (ETA) will cost just £10, making travel to Britain cheaper and easier for visitors from the Gulf and Jordan.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
More than 5,000 asylum seekers will be accommodated on vessels and in alternative sites to drive down the cost of expensive hotels.
In line with his 2023-24 inspection plan, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has commenced an inspection of fast parcel operations.
New government restrictions to student visa routes will cut net migration while protecting the economic benefits students bring to the UK.
The Family Medical Centre, has just become the first testing centre in Solomon Islands accredited by the UK Visa and Immigration Office to conduct TB tests.
In line with his 2023-24 inspection plan, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has commenced an inspection of contingency asylum accommodation for families with children in Northern Ireland.
Update re Adviser Finder and OneDrive
From Monday next week those arriving from Sudan, including UK nationals and those with a valid UK immigration status, will be exempt from residency tests to ensure they can access benefits, social housing, and homelessness a…
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has commenced an inspection of asylum casework and invites anyone with knowledge and experience of this area to provide evidence for the inspection.
A man who smuggled migrants in a 'coffin-like' hide inside the roof of a van has been sentenced to 3 years in prison.
This inspection focused on the Border Force intelligence functions at the Humber ports, including the strategy for collecting, developing, targeting, handling, and analysing intelligence. It also looked at how this strategy …
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) is moving fee payments for visa applications to online platforms as the facility to make cash payments discontinues.
The government’s Illegal Migration Bill to stop the boats is continuing its progress through Parliament.
Potential reviewers of country of origin information are invited to submit expressions of interest by the close of Monday, 22 May 2023.
Over 1,000 Albanian nationals have been returned since the UK-Albania joint communiqué was signed on 13 December.
Reforms will speed up the removal of people with no right to be here and enhance safeguards to protect unaccompanied children.
New data released today (20 April) reveals the largest quantity of cocaine and ketamine seized by Border Force and police forces since records began.
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