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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 ...
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.
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]
The United Kingdom Electronic Travel Authorisation ( ETA) is an advance travel permission required from foreign nationals who intend to visit or transit the United Kingdom without a visa. [ 1] The system, as part of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, operates using an online application whose information is checked against security databases.
The Home Office, a United Kingdom government department, has, from August 2005 to 31 March 2009, excluded 101 individuals from the UK for having "engaged in unacceptable behaviour". Of those, 22 were excluded by then- Home Secretary Jacqui Smith between 28 October 2008 and 31 March 2009.
The number of British visas granted to foreign health and care workers and family members of international students fell sharply after the previous Conservative government imposed restrictions to ...
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.
The right of abode ( ROA) is an immigration status in the United Kingdom that gives a person the unrestricted right to enter and live in the UK. [ 1] It was introduced by the Immigration Act 1971 which went into effect on 1 January 1973. This status is held by British citizens, certain British subjects, as well as certain Commonwealth citizens ...