Archived government news
November 2024
Registration seminars: November 2024 Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Guidance: Interpreters and Translators: OISC practice note Monday, 04 November 2024
October 2024
Guidance: OISC online competence assessments: dates Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Guidance: Summary of Regulations Friday, 25 October 2024
Immigration Services Commissioner reappointed Friday, 25 October 2024
Reappointment of Immigration Services Commissioner Thursday, 24 October 2024
Guidance: How to become a regulated immigration adviser Friday, 18 October 2024
Find an immigration adviser Friday, 18 October 2024
Guidance: How to become a regulated immigration adviser Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Form: Complaints form Monday, 14 October 2024
Guidance: How to become a regulated immigration adviser Monday, 14 October 2024
Form: Application for continued registration with the OISC Monday, 14 October 2024
Form: Application for registration with the OISC Monday, 14 October 2024
Launch of online forms system Monday, 14 October 2024
Guidance: OISC Privacy Notice for Applicants, Advisers and Complainants Friday, 11 October 2024
Relaunch of OISC Adviser Finder and Register Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Form: Application for continued registration with the OISC Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Form: Application for registration with the OISC Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Guidance: How to become a regulated immigration adviser Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Guidance: OISC Privacy Notice for Job Applicants Monday, 07 October 2024
Facebook group immigration adviser impersonator prosecuted Friday, 04 October 2024
September 2024
Guidance: OISC Registration & Continued Registration Fees Monday, 30 September 2024
Guidance: Registration and continued registration fees Sunday, 29 September 2024
Guidance: OISC levels 2 and 3 exam resource book Friday, 27 September 2024
Guidance: OISC level 1 exam resource book Friday, 27 September 2024
Statutory guidance: Code of Standards Monday, 09 September 2024
New OISC Code of Standards now live Monday, 02 September 2024
August 2024
Update: Referrals under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Thursday, 22 August 2024
Update on referrals under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Guidance: OISC Privacy Notice Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Guidance: OISC Privacy Notice (Job Applicants) Tuesday, 06 August 2024
Published - Code of Standards guidance notes Monday, 05 August 2024
Adviser Finder and Register unavailable Sunday, 04 August 2024
July 2024
Statutory guidance: OISC Code of Standards Tuesday, 30 July 2024
OISC investigation shuts down unregistered firm Tuesday, 30 July 2024
OISC investigation shuts down unregistered firm Monday, 29 July 2024
OISC investigation leads to Immigration Adviser prosecution Monday, 22 July 2024
Technical difficulties with the OISC phoneline Monday, 15 July 2024
May 2024
Changes to the use of OneDrive Thursday, 02 May 2024
OISC Code of Standards Wednesday, 01 May 2024
April 2024
Statutory guidance: OISC Code of Standards 2024 Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Corporate report: OISC Annual Report and Accounts: 2022 to 2023 Tuesday, 09 April 2024
March 2024
Consultation outcome: OISC Code of Standards Thursday, 28 March 2024
OISC Annual Report and Accounts for 2022 to 2023 Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Key points from the latest OISC Annual Report: 2022 to 2023 Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Corporate report: OISC annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 Tuesday, 26 March 2024
OISC Annual Report and Accounts for 2022 to 2023 Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Changes to Application Decision Making Timeframe Monday, 25 March 2024
Changes to application decision making timeframe Monday, 25 March 2024
OISC Campaigns Wednesday, 13 March 2024
January 2024
Three arrested in fake immigration law firm raid Thursday, 25 January 2024
December 2023
Form: Application for registration with the OISC Friday, 15 December 2023
Form: New adviser application and competence statement Friday, 15 December 2023
Guidance: Guidance Note on explicit and deemed withdrawal of asylum claims Friday, 15 December 2023
November 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Thursday, 30 November 2023
Adviser Finder - The animated video Thursday, 30 November 2023
Registration Support Seminars to be held in Birmingham Monday, 27 November 2023
Guidance: Immigration Assistance Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Guidance for EUSS advisers Monday, 13 November 2023
Guidance: Guidance for EUSS advisers Friday, 10 November 2023
Guidance: Immigration Assistance Friday, 10 November 2023
October 2023
OISC adds further features to online portal. Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Our Code of Standards consultation Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Open consultation: Last chance to have your say on new OISC Code Friday, 06 October 2023
September 2023
Guidance: OISC online competence assessments: dates Monday, 25 September 2023
Corporate report: OISC 2023/24 Business Plan Priorities Thursday, 21 September 2023
August 2023
Corporate report: OISC Criminal Enforcement Policy Friday, 25 August 2023
Form: Application for registration with the OISC Friday, 18 August 2023
Form: New adviser application and competence statement Thursday, 17 August 2023
Statutory guidance: List of prohibited or suspended immigration advisers Wednesday, 09 August 2023
Bogus immigration adviser receives two year suspended sentence Tuesday, 08 August 2023
18-month suspended sentence for bogus immigration adviser Monday, 07 August 2023
18-month suspended sentence for bogus immigration adviser Monday, 07 August 2023
OISC launches online portal Friday, 04 August 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Friday, 04 August 2023
Have your say on OISC Code of Standards Wednesday, 02 August 2023
July 2023
Consultation: OISC Codes of Standards Monday, 31 July 2023
Consultation: OISC Codes of Standards Monday, 31 July 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Thursday, 13 July 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Thursday, 06 July 2023
Statutory guidance: Practice Note - Judicial Review Case Management Tuesday, 04 July 2023
June 2023
JRCM Practice Note revised Friday, 30 June 2023
Free Registration Support Seminars on 28 June Monday, 12 June 2023
Guidance: OISC levels 2 and 3 exam resource book Friday, 02 June 2023
Guidance: OISC level 1 exam resource book Friday, 02 June 2023
Statutory guidance: OISC complaints scheme - June 2023 Thursday, 01 June 2023
May 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Thursday, 25 May 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Thursday, 25 May 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Monday, 22 May 2023
Re ongoing issues with the OISC website Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Re ongoing issues with the OISC website Thursday, 11 May 2023
Re ongoing issues with the OISC website Thursday, 11 May 2023
Email claiming to be on behalf of the OISC Thursday, 04 May 2023
April 2023
Guidance: OISC online competence assessment process Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Press release: Former immigration adviser convicted after OISC investigatio… Tuesday, 18 April 2023
March 2023
Guidance: OISC online competence assessments: dates Friday, 10 March 2023
Promotional material: OISC Campaigns: Posters (Foreign languages) Thursday, 02 March 2023
OISC Campaigns Thursday, 02 March 2023
February 2023
Streamlined asylum processing: OISC position. Friday, 24 February 2023
Form: OISC complaints form Thursday, 16 February 2023
Guidance: OISC Privacy Notice Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Monday, 13 February 2023
Guidance: Court Appearances - Fraud and providing unlawful immigration advi… Monday, 13 February 2023
January 2023
Guidance: OISC level 1 exam resource book Tuesday, 03 January 2023
Guidance: OISC levels 2 and 3 exam resource book Tuesday, 03 January 2023
Form: Application for registration with the OISC Tuesday, 03 January 2023
December 2022
Guidance: OISC online competence assessment process Friday, 09 December 2022
Guidance: Immigration Sample Assessment Level 3 Tuesday, 06 December 2022
Guidance: Immigration Sample Assessment Level 2 Tuesday, 06 December 2022
Corporate report: OISC corporate plan 2020-2023 and business plans 2020-202… Thursday, 01 December 2022
November 2022
Corporate report: OISC Annual Report and Accounts: 2021 to 22 Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Guidance: Marking scheme for OISC competence assessments Monday, 07 November 2022
Guidance: OISC online competence assessments: dates Monday, 07 November 2022
October 2022
Guidance: How to become a regulated immigration adviser Thursday, 13 October 2022
July 2022
Form: Application for registration with the OISC Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Guidance: Marking scheme for OISC competence assessments Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Guidance: OISC online competence assessment process Wednesday, 13 July 2022
June 2022
Press release: Unqualified immigration director receives prison sentence af… Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Guidance: Marking scheme for OISC competence assessments Friday, 24 June 2022
Guidance: OISC online competence assessments: dates Monday, 06 June 2022
May 2022
Guidance: OISC levels 2 and 3 exam resource book Friday, 27 May 2022
Guidance: OISC level 1 exam resource book Friday, 27 May 2022
March 2017
New OISC documents published Thursday, 30 March 2017
February 2017
Bedford man pleads guilty to providing illegal immigration advice Wednesday, 15 February 2017
January 2017
Essex based unqualified immigration adviser convicted Wednesday, 18 January 2017
December 2016
OISC's Reviewed CPD scheme Friday, 09 December 2016
November 2016
Interpreter imprisoned for providing illegal immigration advice Thursday, 10 November 2016
September 2016
Former Waltham Forest councillor candidate convicted of providing illegal i… Friday, 30 September 2016
August 2016
Islington man pleads guilty to providing illegal immigration advice Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Bury man pleads guilty to providing illegal immigration advice and services Tuesday, 09 August 2016
July 2016
Unqualified Barking immigration adviser convicted Monday, 25 July 2016
Birmingham man convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Friday, 22 July 2016
TV presenter convicted of providing illegal immigration advice Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Changes to the OISC's CPD scheme Tuesday, 12 July 2016
June 2016
Bogus solicitor convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Wednesday, 01 June 2016
May 2016
Accountant convicted of providing unqualified immigration advice Wednesday, 18 May 2016
Former solicitor jailed for providing unlawful immigration advice Wednesday, 11 May 2016
April 2016
Walsall woman convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Monday, 25 April 2016
Former councillor convicted of providing illegal immigration advice Friday, 08 April 2016
March 2016
New OISC code of standards Thursday, 31 March 2016
Unqualified Gravesend immigration adviser sentenced Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Unregulated immigration adviser ordered to repay £55,789 Tuesday, 08 March 2016
West Midlands unqualified immigration adviser convicted Thursday, 03 March 2016
December 2015
Wimbledon unqualified immigration adviser convicted Friday, 11 December 2015
October 2015
OISC applicant convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Wednesday, 07 October 2015
September 2015
Southall woman convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Friday, 18 September 2015
Harrow woman convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Friday, 18 September 2015
August 2015
Former barrister convicted of providing illegal immigration advice Wednesday, 19 August 2015
Former solicitor convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Monday, 17 August 2015
Unregulated immigration adviser convicted Thursday, 13 August 2015
Unqualified immigration adviser convicted Monday, 03 August 2015
July 2015
Sierra Leonean convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Monday, 06 July 2015
June 2015
Tottenham man convicted of providing illegal immigration advice Friday, 26 June 2015
May 2015
Suspended solicitor guilty of providing illegal immigration advice Friday, 01 May 2015
April 2015
Indian national convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice Wednesday, 29 April 2015
February 2015
Convicted pair subject to Proceeds of Crime Act order Tuesday, 10 February 2015
January 2015
Accountant admits providing unregulated immigration advice Thursday, 15 January 2015
October 2014
Manchester man sentenced for providing unlawful immigration advice Friday, 31 October 2014
Merseyside man sentenced for illegally giving immigration advice Friday, 24 October 2014
August 2014
Adviser convicted of giving illegal immigration advice Thursday, 07 August 2014
April 2014
Suspended solicitor jailed for providing unlawful immigration advice Thursday, 17 April 2014