Resource Type: Key Documents

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.

Updated.

ILPA submitted the below response to the Government’s public consultation on Earned Settlement on 9 February 2026.

The January 2026 Stakeholder newsletter from UKVI’s External Relations Team can be downloaded below. It provides information under the following headings:

BY DR MAJA GRUNDLER Practitioners of immigration and asylum law share much in common with legal academics studying the field – not least the aim of migrants achieving access to […]

ILPA submitted a detailed response to The Justice and Home Affairs Committee’s Inquiry into Settlement, Citizenship and Integration on 23 January 2026. Our response can be downloaded in full below, […]

 Removed section 2.4, ‘Child Visas’, as carriers are no longer required to check whether a child holding a child visitor visa is with the adult endorsed on the visa.