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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 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 ...
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 British Certificate of Travel (COT) is an international travel document and a type of Home Office travel document issued by the UK Home Office to non-citizen residents of the United Kingdom who are unable to obtain a national passport or other conventional travel documents. [ 1][ 2] Until 17 March 2008, the Certificate of Travel was called ...
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 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.
Visa requirements for British Nationals (Overseas) are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states and territories placed on British National (Overseas) passport holders. Several million people, the vast majority with a Hong Kong connection, hold this passport. Holders of British National (Overseas) status [ 1] are ...
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.