Resource Type: Key Documents

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Lapsing leave and returning residents: caseworker guidance (4 August 2026).

Changes have been made to reflect the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2024.

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UK visa requirements: list for carriers (3 August 2026). 

Updated as the name for Nauru has changed to Naoero.

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Review of appeals process changes in the Immigration Act 2014 (31 July 2026). 

First published and added to Migration research and analysis.

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DSO 11/2025 Use of force for adults in detention (22 July 2026).

Added information to the self-audit section in the use of force for adults in detention guidance.

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Returns from the UK and enforcement activity (24 July 2026).

Republished ‘returns from the UK and illegal working activity between 5 July and 7 December 2024’. This had previously been published, then overwritten.

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Temporary permission to stay for victims of human trafficking and slavery: caseworker guidance (17 July 2026). 

Notice has been added following legal judgement. The policy at section ‘reconsideration cohorts’ is no longer being applied.

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Modern slavery: how to identify and support victims (17 July 2026). 

Notice has been added following legal judgement. The policy at paragraph 14.227 is no longer being applied.

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Customer conduct: caseworker guidance (29 July 2026). 

This guidance has been updated to change who needs to receive a copy of a customer misconduct letter from ‘Grade 7 manager where the application was dealt with’ to ‘Grade […]

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Interview process: caseworker guidance (29 July 2026).  

 This guidance has been updated in the section Who must attend a passport interview to change the interview exemption period for newly naturalised customers applying from the UK to 24 […]