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Agency executive. Abi Tierney, Director General. Parent agency. Home Office. Website. 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.
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 Home Office announced that visa-free nationalities outside Europe will be able to apply for UK ETA starting 27 November 2024 and be able to use it to travel to the UK on 8 January 2025. While European visa-free nationalities may apply for it on 5 March 2025 and may use it to travel to the UK on 2 April 2025. [9]
In March 2013, it was revealed that Theresa May, the Home Secretary, was considering removing Brazil from the list of visa-exempt nationalities due to concerns about illegal immigration, since Brazil was fifth in the top 10 of illegal immigrant nationalities in the UK according to Home Office figures for 2011, and was the only country on the ...
8960 (as on 30 November 2022) [1] Parent. The Blackstone Group. Website. www.vfsglobal.com. VFS Global is a visa and passport administration outsourcing company for governments and diplomatic missions. [2] Zubin Karkaria founded the company in 2001 while he was chief executive at Kuoni Travel. [3] Formerly based in India, the company is now ...
Announcing the changes earlier this month, Home Secretary James Cleverly said they are an attempt at “curbing abuses to the health care visa”. Home Office figures published last month showed ...
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(UKBA) was the border control agency of the Government of the United Kingdom and part of the Home Office that was superseded by UK Visas and Immigration, Border Force and Immigration Enforcement in April 2013.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 ...
Immigration Enforcement (IE) is a law enforcement command within the Home Office, responsible for enforcing immigration law across the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] The force was part of the now defunct UK Border Agency from its establishment in 2008 until Home Secretary Theresa May demerged it in March 2012 after severe criticism of the senior ...