Category: Home Office Documents

Update on transition to digital record of exemption from 25 February 2026.

Updated content on travelling with a document.

Updated to reflect changes to the accompanied child visit visa route and updated contact details.

Changes to reflect the introduction of digital records of exemption for applicants from outside the UK.

First published.

Updated information about making a new application for permission to come to the UK from 25 February 2026.

Guidance has been updated in the following sections: DAP examiner: resolving a basic photo scanning issue, DAP examiner: no photo standards task, bars on photos, eyes: looking at the camera, […]

Updated to clarify that a person applying as a Seasonal Worker to work in the horticulture sector must not have been in the UK as a Seasonal Worker during the […]

Updated to show that the schemes have closed to new applications and to reflect the new policy on extensions. Expanded the guidance on immediate and additional family members.