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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 ...
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 ...
Between 1990 and 2017 UK governments spent at least £630m on public inquiries, [ 4] with most expensive being the Bloody Sunday Inquiry costing £210.6 million. [ 4][ 5] Most public inquiries take about two years to complete their work. [ 4] The Hammond Inquiry into ministerial conduct relating to the Hinduja affair in 2001 has been the ...
Visa requirements for British citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the United Kingdom . As of 2024, British citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 192 countries and territories, ranking the British passport 4th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.
The European Union Settlement Scheme (also the EU Settlement Scheme or EUSS) is an immigration regime of the United Kingdom introduced by the Home Office in 2019, under the new Appendix EU of the UK's Immigration Rules, in response to the Brexit situation. EUSS processes the registration of nationals of EU and EFTA countries who were resident ...
The United Kingdom Immigration Service (previously known from 1920 to 1933 as the Aliens Branch and from 1933 to 1973 as the Immigration Branch) was the operational arm of the Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Directorate. The UK Immigration Service was, until its disbandment in 2007, responsible for the day-to-day operation of front ...
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 government argued that the existing visa options are sufficient for international students in Scotland, and noted that, "Applying different immigration rules to different parts of the UK would complicate the immigration system, harming its integrity, and cause difficulties for employers with a presence in more than one part of the UK."