Guidance

Travel bans: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with international travel ban cases.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 30 January 2017
• Last updated: 11 November 2025
  Show all updates

  1. 11 November 2025

     Updated guidance to reflect Part Suitability replacing Part 9: grounds for refusal of the Immigration Rules.

  2. 24 October 2023

     Updated to reflect the introduction of The Immigration (Persons Designated under Sanctions Regulations) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

  3. 18 November 2022

     Updated the guidance and changed the page title to reflect the new guidance title. Added accessible version.

  4. 18 January 2018

     Updated guidance published.

  5. 20 December 2017

     Updated document.

  6. 30 January 2017

     First published.

Documents

Travel bans: caseworker guidance (accessible)

HTML

Travel bans

PDF, 291 KB, 23 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alternativeformats@homeoffice.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff manage individuals who are, or are suspected of being, subject to a UN (United Nations) or EU (European Union) travel ban.