the operational arm of the Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Directorate. The UK Immigration Service was, until its disbandment in 2007, responsible...
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the country's naturalization and immigration system. It is a successor to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which was dissolved by the...
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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...
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of the Home Office that was superseded by UK Visas and Immigration, Border Force and Immigration Enforcement in April 2013. It was formed as an executive...
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offenders and suspected immigration offenders within the UK. The wider history of UK immigration control is dealt with under UK immigration control - history...
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House. The Immigration Branch at ports of entry was retitled the Immigration Service. The Immigration Act 1971 gave right of abode in the UK to those it...
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Force and Immigration Enforcement Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (BF&IE LS&GCM) is a medal created to honour the service of members of the UK Border...
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Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom, controlled by British immigration law and to an extent by British nationality law, has been significant...
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Home Office (redirect from UK Home Office)
Immigration Enforcement – responsible for enforcing immigration law in the UK. UK Visas and Immigration – processes visa, asylum, and citizenship applications...
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An immigration officer is a law enforcement official whose job is to ensure that immigration legislation is enforced. This can cover the rules of entry...
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Immigration Enforcement (IE) is a law enforcement command within the Home Office, responsible for enforcing immigration law across the United Kingdom...
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issue of certificates of entitlement to the right of abode. The UK Immigration Service had its headquarters in Croydon and was responsible for controlling...
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Border Force (redirect from UK Border Force)
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. Border Force officers can hold the powers of both customs officers and immigration officers. Their duties also...
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the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) is the United Kingdom regulator of the immigration advice industry whose powers stem from the Immigration and...
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within the UK to detect illegal workers and highlights the work of entry clearance officers at British Missions overseas. UK Immigration Service Nothing...
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Immigration detention in the United Kingdom is the practice of detaining foreign nationals for the purpose of immigration control. Unlike some other countries...
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The Immigration Advisory Service was a British charity, in existence from 1993 until 2011. The former Immigration Advisory Service was a UK organisation...
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Mullan took part in a 2006 occupation of the Glasgow offices of the UK Immigration Service, protesting against the UKIS's "dawn raid" tactics when deporting...
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became the UK Immigration Service, but was disbanded in 2007. The Immigration and Nationality Directorate became the Border and Immigration Agency in 2007...
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Common Travel Area (category Immigration to the United Kingdom)
only) British citizens from immigration control. In July 2008, the UK Border Agency (the predecessor of UK Visas and Immigration) published a consultation...
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), who are granted such authority through the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). Immigration detainees may...
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Tony Smith (civil servant) (redirect from Tony Smith (immigration officer))
Border Control in the UK Immigration Service between 2005 and 2007 and Head of Ports and Border Management in Citizenship and Immigration Canada between 2000...
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destination country do not fall under the definition of immigration or migration; seasonal labour immigration is sometimes included, however. As for economic...
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which the UK has reciprocal arrangements also qualify for free treatment. Since 6 April 2015, non-EEA nationals who are subject to immigration control must...
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The State Migration Service of Ukraine (SMS) is a government agency of Ukraine that administers policy in the areas of immigration (both legal and illegal)...
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Migration Watch UK, is a think-tank opposed to immigration. Migration Watch UK has criticised the Home Office figures for not including the UK-born dependent...
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Immigration law includes the national statutes, regulations, and legal precedents governing immigration into and deportation from a country. Strictly...
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The Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong is responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong. After the People's Republic of China assumed...
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HM Passport Office (redirect from UK Passport Service)
following the passing of the Identity Cards Act 2006, which merged the UK Passport Service with the Home Office's Identity Cards programme to form a new executive...
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Opposition to immigration, also known as anti-immigration, is a political ideology that seeks to restrict the incoming of people from one area to another...
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