UK Visas and Immigration

Immigration Rules archive for 9 April 2025 to 28 May 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 13 February 2025 to 17 February 2025.

List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.

List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.

Immigration Rules archive for 2 January 2025 to 3 February 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 4 February 2025 to 12 February 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 29 May 2025 to 30 June 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 1 July 2025 to 15 July 2025.

Immigration staff guidance on applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.

Data on Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement and Passports, Citizenship and Civil Registration performance.

Immigration Rules archive for 1 July 2026 to 29 July 2026.

A list of employing or hosting institutions approved by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for Global Talent.

Immigration staff guidance on the allocation of non-detained asylum accommodation.

Information booklet for those who have registered, or are considering registering, an asylum application in the UK.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration Rules archive for 14 October 2025 to 3 November 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 22 July 2025 to 28 July 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 9 December 2025 to 29 December 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 1 January 2026 to 7 January 2026.

Immigration Rules archive for 4 September 2025 to 13 October 2025

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration Rules archive for 4 November 2025 to 10 November 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 5 March 2026 to 25 March 2026.

Immigration Rules archive for 16 July 2025 to 16 July 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 6 August 2025 to 12 August 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 8 January 2026 to 4 March 2026.

Immigration Rules archive for 4 August 2025 to 4 August 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 25 November 2025 to 8 December 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 8 April 2026 to 28 April 2026.

Immigration Rules archive for 26 March 2026 to 1 April 2026.

Immigration Rules archive for 29 July 2025 to 3 August 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 13 August 2025 to 3 September 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 30 December 2025 to 31 December 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 2 April 2026 to 7 April 2026.

Immigration Rules archive for 5 August 2025 to 5 August 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 11 November 2025 to 25 November 2025.

Immigration Rules archive for 29 April 2026 to 30 June 2026.

Immigration Rules archive for 17 July 2025 to 21 July 2025.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration staff guidance on discretionary leave.

Guidance to register for British citizenship if you are a stateless person.

How to apply to become a British citizen again after giving up (renouncing) citizenship.

Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born to a British father and your parents were not married.

Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1983 to a British mother.

Guidance to register a child under 18 as a British citizen.

Immigration staff guidance on Appendix HM Armed Forces.

Visa fees transparency data for all applications made from outside and within the UK.

Immigration staff guidance for considering applications from people who have been victims of domestic abuse.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopia for your UK visa application.

How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.

Immigration staff guide for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications to enter or remain in the UK on the Global Business Mobility routes.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China for your UK visa application.

Information for international carriers about visa requirements for passengers travelling to the UK.

This guidance explains full details of the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

Guidance on how to apply for a visa for a Commonwealth country or British Overseas Territory.

Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born in the UK and lived here until the age of 10.

Guidance on registering as a British citizen for Irish citizens and certain types of British national.

Fees transparency data for all passport application types.

A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the UK.

How to apply for citizenship by naturalisation if you are living in the UK.

Guidance to register as a British citizen if you have certain other types of British nationality.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Guidance on returning immigration offenders to their country of origin.

Immigration staff guidance on handling requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Jordan for your UK visa application.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Example images of category D and Certificate of Entitlement visa vignettes.

Form used by UK Visas and Immigration when affixing a visa.

How to apply for a UK visa in Cuba, go to the visa application centre, pay fees and collect documents.

Information on the the move from physical immigration documents to eVisas.

Guidance on the document checks that air, rail and sea carriers must make, and how they are charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Iraq for your UK visa application.

Find out how to apply for a UK visa if you are in St Helena, Ascension or Tristan da Cunha.

Operational statistics on how many people have created an account to access an eVisa.

Immigration staff guidance on the Global Talent visa category.

Find out how to apply for a UK visa if you are in the Falkland Islands.

List of authorised endorsing bodies for Global Talent.

Immigration staff guidance on assessing the age of an applicant when they claim to be a child.

Immigration staff guidance on how to handle exemptions for visa applications made outside the UK.

Guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.

Guidance for landlords, homeowners and letting agents affected by the introduction of right to rent immigration checks.

Immigration staff guidance on the commencement of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB).

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in India for your UK visa application.

Form used by UK Visas and Immigration for accompanying an eVisa.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration staff guidance on which cases may be checked through international biometric data-sharing and how to arrange these checks and use the results.

Immigration staff guidance on the age concern referrals process.

Immigration staff guidance on nationality law and common problems you might encounter with applications.

This guidance tells decision makers how to manage and decide applications under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme.

Immigration staff guidance on indecent and obscene materials and how to deal with them.

Answers to frequently asked questions about bulk data transfers between sponsors' IT systems and the sponsorship management system (SMS).

Immigration staff guidance on considering the forms it needs to complete when preparing a case for prosecution.

A list of endorsed funders approved by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for Global Talent.

Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

Immigration staff guidance on using evidential flexibility when considering applications.

Immigration staff guidance on considering cases under the Windrush scheme.

These full terms and conditions explain the applicant’s obligations and what they can expect when booking and taking the Life in the UK Test.

Immigration staff guidance on assessing and calculating the requirements under Appendix Continuous Residence.

Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme.

Immigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.

Immigration staff guidance on identity requirements which must be met by a person during their immigration and citizenship journey.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Cameroon for your UK visa application.

Information on guidance produced by the Country Policy and Information Team (CPIT), including methodology and processes.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Kazakhstan for your UK visa application.

Immigration staff guidance on how to apply the policy on illegal working as a breach of asylum support conditions.

How to apply for a Student sponsor licence and how to sponsor a student.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Moldova for your UK visa application.

This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 October to 31 December 2025.

Information on the use of facial age estimation technology for the purpose of immigration age assessments.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ukraine for your UK visa application.

Reference guide with explanatory notes on issues and classifications.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

This page contains information on the Migration transparency data’s voluntary compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsor duties and compliance.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a worker.

Guidance for sponsors on applying for a licence.

Guide to the sponsorship documents that Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors must keep.

Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from Commonwealth citizens with a grandparent born in the UK.

A glossary of terms used in the Workers and Temporary Workers sponsor guidance.

Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Study sponsors.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia for your UK visa application.

How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.

Immigration staff guidance on considering claims based on family life (as a partner or parent) or exceptional circumstances.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria for your UK visa application.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda for your UK visa application.

Immigration staff guidance on considering applications under the Skilled Worker route.

Immigration staff guidance on considering applications in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system (PBS).

Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration staff guidance on the appeals process from the Immigration Act 2014.

Immigration staff guidance on considering immigration status and deciding enforcement action.

Find out how to make a subject access request to see information held about you. You can also make a request for someone else.

Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with issues relating to an individual's identity.

Immigration staff guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Malaysia for your UK visa application.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.

Immigration staff guidance on International Forces and International Civilian Employees.

Guide for nationality application forms if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.

Immigration staff guidance on granting restricted leave.

How ex-gratia payments are managed and resolved, and how actual and non-financial losses are assessed by UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.

Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for an administrative review.

List of authorised organisations for Innovator Founder and Scale-up visas.

Staff guidance on handling requests to conduct searches against the passport and immigration facial image databases.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ghana for your UK visa application.

Immigration staff guidance on the duration of, and conditions attached to, permission to stay.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration staff guidance on Educational Testing Services (ETS).

Immigration staff guidance on the common travel area (CTA).

Immigration staff guidance on application forms and procedures for immigration applications and claims.

Information about fees for citizenship and right of abode applications and payment slip.

Immigration staff guidance on protection or human rights based further submissions.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Guidance on sponsoring an International Sportsperson.

Guidance on referring potential victims of modern slavery/human trafficking to the national referral mechanism.

List of documents that businesses and other organisations must provide with an application for a Worker or Temporary Worker sponsor licence.

Immigration staff guidance on travel document checks.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Government Authorised Exchange Worker.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a person on the International Agreement route.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Skilled Worker.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Minister of Religion or Religious Worker.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Creative Worker.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a seasonal worker.

Guidance on the purpose, processes and functions for the case progression panels.

Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Charity Worker.

Immigration staff guidance on the registration of a minor as a British citizen by entitlement and discretion.

Organisations funded to provide free support to vulnerable and at-risk people who need help with creating their UKVI account and getting access to their eVisa.

Immigration staff guidance on UK Visas and Immigration's powers to search people and seize items.

Part 1 of the Immigration Act about the labour market and illegal working.

Immigration staff guidance on permission to work for asylum applicants.

Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.

Information about work you may be able to do as an asylum applicant while your case is considered.

Immigration staff guidance on criminal history for entry clearance applications in the UK.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of the different ways individuals can transit through the UK and definitions of key terminology.

Immigration staff guidance on how to carry out sponsor visits before and after licences are issued.

Guidance for landlords and tenants on how right to rent checks should be carried out and which documents are acceptable.

Immigration staff guidance on deportation on the ground it is conducive to the public good.

Immigration staff guidance on how to consider article 8 ECHR cases when deporting a criminal.

UK Visas and Immigration staff guidance on NHS debt.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration and nationality fees for all applications made from outside and within the UK.

This guidance explains full details of eligibility for the Windrush Scheme.

Guidance to apply for a certificate of entitlement proving you have the right to live and work in the UK.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration staff guidance on how and when to cease support following a change in a person’s immigration status or eligibility for asylum support.

Guidance for people born before July 2006 to unmarried fathers connected to a British overseas territory.

Guidance for how certain people born before 1983, who didn't acquire British nationality at birth because their mother could not pass on status, can apply to correct that.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Introduction to using SMS for licensed sponsors.

Immigration staff guidance on arranging removals for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

Immigration staff guidance on conditions that can affect asylum support such as breaches, antisocial behaviour, racist incidents and overpayment.

Immigration staff guidance explaining the role and expectations of freelance interpreters when they are engaged to act on behalf of the Home Office.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Belarus for your UK visa application.

Immigration staff guidance on considering a previous breach of immigration laws.

Immigration staff guidance on the powers and obligations related to the seizure and interrogation of digital media under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).

Immigration staff guidance to the PACE (1984) Order 2013 for criminal investigators in Immigration Enforcement (IE).

Immigration staff guidance on how decisions are made about applications from Innovator Founders.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Immigration staff guidance about the different visitor categories for visiting the UK and how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases.

This guidance explains the documents you should provide to support your application to visit the UK.

Information for overseas domestic workers in a private household and their employers.

Immigration staff guidance for assessing applications where the individual is claiming right of abode in the UK.

Describes how carriers must provide passenger and service information to the Home Office.

Immigration staff guidance on evidence and how investigators deal with it during their investigation.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan for your UK visa application.

Guidance for criminal investigators in Immigration Enforcement (IE) and the Home Office in Northern Ireland.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the USA for your UK visa application.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Namibia for your UK visa application.

Immigration staff guidance on permitting access to public funds.

Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for permission to enter or remain in the UK as aircrew.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the UK.

Immigration staff guidance on dealing with asylum claims from claimants with a pending prosecution.

Immigration staff guidance on excluding protection under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention.

Information to help employers and sponsors get the answers they need from the business helpdesk.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania for your UK visa application.

Immigration staff guidance for decision makers considering cases under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

Immigration staff guidance on settlement protection.

Immigration staff guidance on the process of the statement of evidence form ‘opt out’ pilot.

Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Guyana for your UK visa application.

Immigration staff guidance on deprivation of British citizenship.

How your personal information is used within the borders, immigration and citizenship system.

Customer service standards for work visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.

Immigration staff guidance on how to check if an individual or organisation providing immigration advice or services is qualified and what to do if they are not.

This document sets out the English language requirement levels for different visa routes.

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Home Office response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Home Office country of origin information, Turkey and Vietnam.

Immigration staff guidance on investigating sham marriages.

Data on Windrush Task Force.

Data on immigration and protection activities.

Data on visas, status and immigration activities.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration sponsorship activities.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) customer service operations.

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 19 February 2024.

Operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.

Data on immigration and protection activities.

Data on Windrush Task Force.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) customer service operations.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration sponsorship activities.

Data on visas, status and immigration activities.

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 10 September 2024.

Immigration detention policy on adults who may be at risk of harm in detention.

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 14 March 2024.

Home Office response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Afghan resettlement schemes.

Home Office response to the ICIBI report on country of origin information: statelessness.

Home Office response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan.

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 7 December 2023.

Equality impact assessment undertaken in relation to the right to rent and right to work schemes.

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 19 July 2023.

Membership list of the UK's future skills-based immigration system advisory groups.

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 7 September 2023.

This strategy statement sets out our ambition for transformational change for everyone using our systems and crossing the UK border.

The document sets out the key findings of the first test phase of the EU Settlement Scheme.

This report highlights actions from the Home Office which forms part of their response to recommendation 28 of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review.

Guidance for the courts in England in considering the defence of taking steps to end a residential tenancy agreement.

Letter from Home Secretary Sajid Javid to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC).

Letter from Home Secretary Sajid Javid to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC).

Letter from Home Secretary Sajid Javid to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC).

Letter from Home Secretary Sajid Javid to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC).

Letter from Home Secretary Sajid Javid to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC).

Letter from Home Secretary Sajid Javid to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC).

Minister for Policing and the Fire Service Nick Hurd responds to a campaign email hosted by 38 Degrees on the Grenfell relatives’ immigration policy.

These assessments, in line with data protection legislation, assess the privacy impacts of the developments in biometric capabilities through the HOB programme.

Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes sets out the commitments that the government has made to support the 'Windrush' generation.

Codes of practice for carriers and airport operators to define their operating procedures.

James Ewins’s review on the overseas domestic workers visa.

An assessment on the impact of the UK rejoining the Prüm decisions.

Impact assessment on reforming support for failed asylum seekers and other illegal migrants.

The Tavistock Institute review on mental health issues experienced in immigration removal centres, including terms of reference and a response from the Home Office.

An unannounced inspection of customer service at the Glasgow Public Enquiry Office by John Vine CBE QPM, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.

Report on the economic and labour market impacts of Tier 1 entrepreneur and investor migrants to the UK.

UK Visas and Immigration's impact assessment about increases in immigration and nationality application fees from 6 April 2011.

UK Visas and Immigration family migration policy equality statement.

Impact assessment on the changes to family migration rules.

Review of the minimum income requirement for sponsorship under the family migration route.

Full equality impact assessment template for other dependent relatives of refugees and those granted humanitarian protection in the UK.

Home Office consultation about how migrants under tiers 1 and 2 of the points-based systems should be granted settlement.

Impact assessment for the Olympic Games 2012: capturing visa national games family members' (GFM) biometrics used by UK Visas and Immigration.

Impact assessment on the reform of the student visa under the points-based system (PBS).

Equality impact assessment framework for increases in immigration and nationality application fees from 6 April 2011.

Home Office consultation on the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

Impact assessment for the migration permanent limit relating to Tiers 1 and 2 of the points-based system used by UK Visas and Immigration.

UK Visas and Immigration's impact assessment about increases in immigration and nationality application fees from 6 April 2011.

Privacy impact assessment to help organisations anticipate the privacy impact of sharing data under the high value data sharing protocol.

UK Visas and Immigration impact assessment on issuing biometric resident permits to EEA nationals for more than six months.

Equality impact assessment on biometric resident permits for Tiers 1 and 5.

Impact assessment relating to increases in immigration and nationality application fees since May 2010.

Impact assessment relating to increases in immigration and nationality application fees since May 2010.

Home Office Research Report 39 was written to contribute to the reporting requirements of the European Refugee Fund (ERF). Semi…

Home Office Research Report 38 is an assessment of the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme (VARRP) for 2005.

Home Office consultation about the limits on non-EU migration.

Home Office consultation on proposed changes on refusing entry to NHS debtors.

UK Visas and Immigration's arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Report on relaxing restrictions on employment to Bulgarian and Romanian nationals