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Urgent actions refugees need to do to claim Universal Credit and other benefits, once they have been given refugee status.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from frontier workers.
Immigration staff guidance detailing policy and procedures to follow when supporting failed asylum seekers under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
Immigration staff guidance on the appeals process from the Immigration Act 2014.
Detention services order 11/2025 on the use of force on detailed adult individuals in immigration removal centres and other facilities.
Immigration staff guidance on suitability grounds under section 3 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh for your UK visa application.
Funding instructions and interim data sharing protocol for use by local authorities administering schemes supporting people from Afghanistan.
A guide for adults who have been granted asylum in England to access public services and make the most of the opportunities in the UK.
National transfer procedure on transferring unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Level 2 immigration learning objectives for immigration adviser applicants.
Locations where you can go to get your biometric ID document scanned if you do not have an Android device with near field communication (NFC).
How ex-gratia payments are managed and resolved, and how actual and non-financial losses are assessed by UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it handles applications made outside the UK from seafarers.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing asylum claims under the streamlined asylum process.
Guidance on the UK Visas and Immigration policy on non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations.
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