Resource Type: Digitalisation

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association Working Group on Digitalisation

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UKRI endorsement: employing or hosting institutions (Global Talent visa) (31 July 2026). 

Added new organisations to the UKRI list of approved research organisations.
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UKVI support videos (4 August 2026).

Added a video on how to check and book a tuberculosis (TB) test.
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Biometric information: caseworker guidance (4 August 2026).

The guidance ‘Biometric Residence Permits for overseas applicants: alternatives to customer collection at Post Office’ is out of date and has been removed.
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Biometric information: caseworker guidance (3 August 2026).

Published the ‘Handling facial image search requests from within the Home Office’ guidance.
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Electronic travel authorisation: caseworker guidance (3 August 2026).

Updated the rollout section to reflect the expansion of ETAs to European nationals.
ILPA documents | Digitalisation

the3million/ILPA Joint Letter to Aviation Minister, about carriers denying compensation to UK residents after incorrect denied boarding. The letter proposes an amendment to the Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill (21 August 2026)

the3million and ILPA sent the below joint letter to Aviation Minister, on 21 August 2026, proposing an amendment to the definition of “adequately documented”, through the Civil Aviation Bill in […]
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Home Office Letter Re: Technical Glitches and Outages (21 July 2026)

On 26 June 2026, ILPA wrote to the Home Office regarding the technical glitches and outages experienced with the UKVI/eVisa systems. We received the below response on 21 July 2026.
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Form for accompanying an eVisa (24 June 2026).   

First published.
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8 and 9-year-olds now eligible to use eGates (8 July 2026).

 First published.