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Introduction The Home Office holds and processes personal information…
How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.
A list for employers to check if their staff have the right to work in the UK.
1. Type of working arrangement Employers must carry out a prescribed right…
Find out how to make a subject access request to see information held about you. You can also make a request for someone else.
This code of practice sets out the prescribed checks that employers should conduct to avoid a civil penalty in the event of illegal working.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the UK.
Explains how we handle data provided by financial condition supporters.
Guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.
How to detect basic forgeries in identity documents.
A guide to the civil penalty scheme for employers who give a job to an illegal worker.
How ex-gratia payments are managed and resolved, and how actual and non-financial losses are assessed by UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Contact details for Immigration Enforcement’s immigration compliance and enforcement teams
Detention services order 02/2019 about managing age dispute cases in immigration detention.
This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 January to 31 March 2026
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
Immigration detention policy on adults who may be at risk of harm in detention.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Detention services order 02/2018 on the processes within the immigration detention estate relating to Detainee Custody Officer certification.
Detention services order 04/2012 about visiting procedures for detainees.
Detention services order 03/2015 about handling complaints in immigration centres.
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