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 13 October 2023 +show all updates
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Removed the outdated document Liability to administrative removal (non-EEA): consideration and notification.
Removed Criminal investigations (Immigration Enforcement) document as very out of date.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and replaces the previous General Instructions chapter EEA operational guidance during the grace period, which is now withdrawn. This version provides clarification of operational procedure in respect of rewording and deletion of specific detail about actions carried out by FNORC and Returns Preparation in respect of service of the 28 day notice.
