Locating guidance and using archives for immigration research


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Practice notes

Locating guidance and using archives for immigration research


Published by a UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Immigration expert

Practice notes
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This Practice Note explains how to locate current Home Office guidance relating to immigration and nationality law matters; and how to use the guidance archive in UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥Â® Immigration, the GOV.UK website and the National Archives for conducting research relating to superseded immigration law and policy.

Locating Home Office guidance

There are various types of Home Office immigration and nationality guidance published on GOV.UK, and these are split between guidance documents for:

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    applicants

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    sponsor businesses and education institutions, and

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    Home Office decision-makers/other relevant staff members

It can be necessary to locate previous versions of Home Office guidance in order to:

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    check the guidance in force as at the date of a sponsor/applicant act or omission, and

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    pinpoint changes in guidance wording

Applicant guidance

Prior to the introduction of the post-Brexit immigration system, the main form of detailed guidance for applicants in many categories of entry and stay was a PDF policy guidance document. However, since 1 December 2020 the Home Office has switched to primarily providing detailed applicant guidance via

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