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  2. UK Visas and Immigration - Wikipedia

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    UK Visas and Immigration. UK Visas and Immigration ( UKVI) is a division of the Home Office responsible for the United Kingdom's visa system. It was formed in 2013 from the section of the UK Border Agency that had administered the visa system.

  3. United Kingdom immigration law - Wikipedia

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    Permission to migrate. Immigration Act 1971 is the primary statute dealing with migration system of the country. Right of abode (United Kingdom), a right to live in the UK, for citizens, some other British nationals and some Commonwealth citizens, detailed in the 1971 act. The Immigration Rules, implemented pursuant to the 1971 act, containing ...

  4. Home Office - Wikipedia

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    A Home Office Immigration Enforcement vehicle in north London. The Home Office ( HO ), also known (especially in official papers and when referred to in Parliament) as the Home Department, [2] is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for immigration, security, and law and order.

  5. Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border - Wikipedia

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    The Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border is a minister of state in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom.. From June 2017 to July 2019 and October 2022 to December 2023, the minister attended cabinet meetings as Minister of State for Immigration and was seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions in the Government.

  6. Modern immigration to the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Many of the immigrants who arrive under these schemes bring skills which are in short supply in the UK. This area of immigration is managed by UK Visas and Immigration, a department within the Home Office. Applications are made at UK embassies or consulates or directly to UK Visas and Immigration, depending upon the type of visa or permit required.

  7. Visa policy of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The visa policy of the United Kingdom is the policy by which His Majesty's Government determines visa requirements for visitors to the United Kingdom, and the Crown dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man and those seeking to work, study or reside there. All visitors must obtain a visa from one of the British diplomatic missions ...

  8. Immigration policy of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Immigration policy of the United Kingdom. Immigration policies of the United Kingdom are the areas of modern British policy concerned with the immigration system of the United Kingdom —primarily, who has the right to visit or stay in the UK. British immigration policy is under the purview of UK Visas and Immigration. [1]

  9. UK Border Agency - Wikipedia

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    The UK Border Agency ( UKBA) was the border control agency of the Government of the United Kingdom and part of the Home Office that was superseded by UK Visas and Immigration, Border Force and Immigration Enforcement in April 2013. [1] It was formed as an executive agency on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA ...