Skip to main content
Transparency data

Country returns guide

Guidance on returning immigration offenders to their country of origin.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Visas and Immigration and Home Office
Published:
27 April 2016
Last updated:
30 September 2026
Show all updates

  1. Updated list published.

  2. Updated country returns guide.

  3. The country returns guide has been updated.

  4. Updated country returns guide.

  5. Updated the country returns guide.

  6. Updated the country returns guide.

  7. Updated with October 2025 country returns data.

  8. Updated the list of documents.

  9. Published the country returns guide: August 2025.

  10. Updated with June 2025 country returns data.

  11. Updated with April 2025 country returns data.

  12. Guide updated.

  13. Updated with March 2024 country returns data.

  14. Updated with February 2024 country returns data.

  15. Updated with January 2024 country returns data.

  16. Updated December data as country information has changed.

  17. Updated with December 2023 country returns data as country information has changed for Macau and East Timor.

  18. Updated with November 2023 country returns data.

  19. Updated with October 2023 country returns data.

  20. Updated September data as country information for Turkey has changed.

  21. Information for Portugal updated.

  22. Updated September data as country information for Turkey has changed.

  23. Guide updated.

  24. Updated with August 2023 country returns data.

  25. Updated with country information for June 2023.

  26. Updated with May 2023 country returns data.

  27. Updated country returns data.

  28. Updated with March 2023 country returns data.

  29. Updated with February 2023 country returns data.

  30. Updated country returns guide.

  31. Updated with November 2022 country returns data.

  32. Updated country returns data.

  33. Updated with August 2022 country returns data.

  34. Updated country returns data.

  35. Updated with July 2022 country returns data.

  36. Updated with May 2022 country returns data.

  37. Replaced 'Country returns guide: February 2022' with 'Country returns guide: March 2022'.

  38. Updated country returns.

  39. Updated with February 2022 country returns data.

  40. Updated with December 2021 country returns data.

  41. Updated with November 2021 country returns data.

  42. Updated files for October 2021.

  43. Updated with September 2021 country returns data.

  44. Updated with August 2021 country returns data.

  45. July 2021 version amended with various updates to country processes.

  46. Updated with July 2021 country returns data.

  47. Updated country returns guide data.

  48. Updated with June 2021 country returns data.

  49. Updated with May 2021 country returns data.

  50. Updated with April 2021 country returns data.

  51. Updated with March 2021 country returns data.

  52. Updated both sets of data.

  53. Updated with February 2021 country returns data

  54. Updated data to January 2021.

  55. Uploaded November data.

  56. Updated country returns guide.

  57. Uploaded October version.

  58. Information updated.

  59. Updated country returns guide for August 2020.

  60. Updated country returns guide with various updates to country processes.

  61. Updated country returns guide: various updates to country processes.

  62. Updated country returns guide with June 2020 information.

  63. Updated country returns guide for February 2020.

  64. December 2019 version amended with several updates to country processes.

  65. Updated to add December 2019 information.

  66. Updated to add October 2019 information.

  67. Updated to remove filter applied in .ods document

  68. Updated country returns guide to October 2019 version

  69. Updated to add September 2019 information

  70. Updated to add August 2019 information

  71. Updated guide Country returns guide for July 2019.

  72. Updated country returns guide for June 2019.

  73. Guide updated.

  74. Country returns guide updated for May 2019.

  75. Country returns guide updated for March 2019.

  76. Guidance updated.

  77. Country returns guide updated.

  78. Updated with December 2018 file version

  79. November version added.

  80. Updated country returns guide for October 2018

  81. Updated country returns guide for August 2018.

  82. Updated country returns guide for July.

  83. Updated country returns guide for July 2018.

  84. Updated country returns guide for June 2018.

  85. Updated country returns guide for May 2018.

  86. Updated country returns guide - April 2018.

  87. Updated country returns guide for March.

  88. Updated country returns guide for February.

  89. Updated country returns guide.

  90. Updated country returns guide.

  91. Updated country returns guide.

  92. Updated country returns guide.

  93. Updated guidance.

  94. Updated guidance.

  95. Updated guide.

  96. Updated country return guide.

  97. Updated guidance.

  98. Updated guidance.

  99. Updated guidance.

  100. Updated guidance.

  101. Updated country returns guide for December 2016.

  102. Updated country returns guide for November 2016.

  103. Updated guidance.

  104. Updated guidance.

  105. Updated guidance.

  106. Updated guidance.

  107. First published.

Documents

Travel documents for return: countries guide

CSV, 57.1 KB

View online

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

Home Office guidance on the documents required and processes for returning immigration offenders to their country of origin.

Sign up for emails or print this page