UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff consider status and decide action for enforcement officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters, including curtailment, within the UK.
Guidance in this section has been reworked into a new format and plainer language. Not all of the enforcement guidance has been revised yet. If you cannot find the information you need in this section, please look in the chapters sections of Enforcement instructions and guidance.
Published 14 April 2016 Last updated 24 January 2024 +show all updates
Updated the guidance Cancellation and curtailment of permission to reflect Immigration Rules changes.
Guidance on cancellation and curtailment updated, changes are detailed on page 7.
Updated the Cancellation and Curtailment of permission guidance to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules.
Removed the outdated document Liability to administrative removal (non-EEA): consideration and notification.
Removed Criminal investigations (Immigration Enforcement) document as very out of date.
'European Union, European Economic Area and Swiss citizens and their family members' guidance updated. This supersedes and repl
