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[41] [42] In February 2021 the Ministry of Defence commenced transferring 9.7 million military records for individuals with a discharge date before 31 December 1963 to The National Archives UK, its largest record transfer in the history of the organization. [43] The first batch of records were added to the Discovery catalogue in April 2022.
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.
Rolls containing Acts of Parliament in the Parliamentary Archives at Victoria Tower, Palace of Westminster The Parliamentary Archives of the United Kingdom preserves and makes available to the public the records of the House of Lords and House of Commons back to 1497, as well as some 200 other collections of parliamentary interest.
The Public Record Office [a] (abbreviated as PRO, pronounced as three letters and referred to as the PRO), Chancery Lane in the City of London, was the guardian of the national archives of the United Kingdom from 1838 until 2003, when it was merged with the Historical Manuscripts Commission to form The National Archives, based in Kew.
A Home Office Immigration Enforcement vehicle in north London. 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 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Migrated Archives are a collection of about 20,000 files and other records created by the governments of 37 British colonial dependencies, removed to the UK at independence, and held clandestinely for decades in various repositories in and around London.
Visas issued by the UK Home Office are being switched to digital systems in the new year. This means that most government-issued documents that confirm a person’s immigration status will expire ...
The General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) is the section of the United Kingdom HM Passport Office responsible for the civil registration of births (including stillbirths), adoptions, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths in England and Wales and for those same events outside the UK if they involve a UK citizen and qualify to be registered in various miscellaneous registers.