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20 stories · Last updated: 2 Oct 2026, 5:31pm
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Licensing authority guide to right to work checks
Guidance for licensing authorities on how to check the immigration status of people who apply for a taxi or private hire licence.
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gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Multi-factor authentication for UK visa sponsors: SMS manual 13
Step-by-step guide to using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when logging into the sponsorship management system (SMS).
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Palestine: country policy and information notes
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workers
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: students
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Right to work checklist
A list for employers to check if their staff have the right to work in the UK.
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gov.uk · UKVI
UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme
Guidance for submitting an expression of interest application to come to the UK under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme.
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Right to work checks: an employer's guide
How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.
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gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Avoiding discrimination while preventing illegal working: code of practice, 2026
Guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.
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gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Right to rent immigration checks: landlords' code of practice
Guidance for landlords, homeowners and letting agents affected by the introduction of right to rent immigration checks.
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Landlord's guide to right to rent checks
This guidance advises a landlord, letting agent or homeowner how to conduct a right to rent check when letting privately rented accommodation.
gov.uk · UKVI
Transparency data: Online immigration status (eVisa): UKVI account creation data
Operational statistics on how many people have created an account to access an eVisa.
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gov.uk · UKVI
Security Minister's speech at the International Security Expo
Security Minister Dan Jarvis' speech for the annual International Security Expo on 30 September 2026.
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Buckinghamshire New University: Student sponsor licence suspension
On 30 September 2026, the Home Office suspended Buckinghamshire New University's Student sponsor licence.
gov.uk · UKVI
Transparency data: Country returns guide
Guidance on returning immigration offenders to their country of origin.
gov.uk · UKVI
Government strengthens firearms licensing safeguards
New licensing safeguards will strengthen public safety and help police assess risks.
gov.uk · UKVI
Nearly 50 arrests in people smuggling crackdown at Irish border
Week of action targets criminal gangs who illegally try to enter the UK from Ireland, comes alongside a wider 74% surge in organised immigration crime arrests.
gov.uk · UKVI
Guidance: Study post licence priority service
Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Study sponsors.
gov.uk · UKVI
Circular 013/2026: The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2026
This circular sets out changes to the Firearms Rules 1998 which take effect from 29 September 2026.
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