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The then Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced the abolition of the UK Border Agency on 26 March 2013, with the intention that its work would be returned to the Home Office. [1] The agency's executive agency status was removed, and internally it was split, with one division responsible for the visa system and the other for immigration ...
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship [3] is a ministerial position 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.
His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) is a United Kingdom government agency. As a division of the Home Office (HO), it provides passports for British nationals worldwide. It was formed on 1 April 2006 as the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), but was renamed HM Passport Office on 13 May 2013.
On 1 April 2008, the BIA merged with UKVisas and the port of entry functions of HM Revenue and Customs to form the UK Border Agency. Then, in 2012 and 2013, the UK Border Agency was split into three new organisations: Border Force, responsible for front-line border control, UK Visas and Immigration, responsible for the UK visa system, and ...
In July 2008, the UK Border Agency (the predecessor of UK Visas and Immigration) published a consultation paper on the CTA that envisaged the imposition of immigration controls for non-CTA nationals, and new measures for identity checks of CTA nationals, as well as an advance passenger information system, on all air and sea crossings between ...
Since Britain left the EU, immigration to the UK has gone up, and has not come close to pre-Brexit levels. Free movement ended in January 2021 and Brexit immigration rules came into force. Since ...
Unless an immigration adviser is regulated by another approved regulator (for example a solicitor, a barrister or a legal executive), they must be regulated by the OISC if they are providing advice from the United Kingdom. All those in the UK providing Immigration Advice and Services must comply with the OISC's Code of Standards.
United Kingdom immigration law is the law that relates to who may enter, work in and remain in the United Kingdom.There are many reasons as to why people may migrate; the three main reasons being seeking asylum, because their home countries have become dangerous [citation needed], people migrating for economic reasons and people migrating to be reunited with family members.