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The department of the Home Office responsible for dealing with all nationality, immigration and asyl...
read moreAsylum seekers who apply at a port of entry may be granted temporary admission to the UK and given a...
read moreThe International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organisation which works in the...
read more"The Immigration Rules are published by the Home Office and set out the rules which must be fulfille...
read moreApplies to some applications for leave to enter/remain in the UK. All people applying for entry clea...
read moreThis is permission to enter or remain in the UK with no time restrictions. If you have you are said ...
read moreTo be eligible for investor status you must be able to invest at least £1 million in the UK, £750,00...
read moreThe particular route for leave to renter/remain provided for under the Immigration Rules
read moreThis term is applied to people who enter the country by clandestine means (such as hiding in a lorry...
read more"Indefinite leave to remain is legal permission to stay in the United Kingdom without any time limit...
read moreImmigration Officers working in passport control are responsible for checking the right of entry to ...
read morePeople who work for multi-national companies and are being transferred by their employer from an ove...
read moreIncome Support is a benefit for people unavailable for full-time work and do not have enough money t...
read moreInduction is the part of the process asylum seekers go through in order to access Home Office suppor...
read moreInitial decision is a decision by UK Border Agency on an application regarding immigration control, ...
read moreInitial accommodation is provided to destitute asylum seekers while they wait for the outcome of the...
read moreImmigration officers work in passport control and are responsible for checking the right of entry to...
read moreIn UK usage, someone attending an educational institution in the UK whose nationality is either not ...
read moreAn immigration judge is a person appointed by the Lord Chancellor to decide appeals made to the Asyl...
read moreAsylum seekers who claim Home Office support are given interim support tokens during the period when...
read moreA commercial polling firm that conducts market research of public attitudes toward migration and oth...
read moreUnder U.S. immigration law, immediate relatives are defined as spouses of U.S. citizens, children (w...
read moreAn in-country applicant is a person who applies for asylum at the Home Office Asylum Screening Unit ...
read moreIntegration loans are available to people who have been granted refugee status or humanitarian prote...
read moreImmigration removal centres are detention centres. They are used to detain people under Immigration ...
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