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Archived pre-Brexit: Home Office retention of passports and valuable documents—legal basis, policy, and options for fresh applications and voluntary departure in UK immigration law
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Archived pre-Brexit: Home Office retention of passports and valuable documents—legal basis, policy, and options for fresh applications and voluntary departure in UK immigration law
Important note—Archived Practice Note This Practice Note is no longer maintained, as it concerns the position before the rollout of simplified Immigration Rules and processes around, and leading up to, the end of the Brexit transition period. It is kept as an archive for historic interest. The Home Office operates a policy of keeping important original documents where an in-country application has been refused or treated as invalid, in cases where the applicant holds no leave other than statutory leave under sections 3C or 3D of the Immigration Act 1971 (IA 1971). Note that IA 1971, s 3D was removed with effect from 1 December 2016. For more detail, see Practice Note: Dealing with curtailment and cancellation. This approach has caused various practical problems, for example when making a fresh application for leave to remain or arranging voluntary departure. This Practice Note addresses these elements of
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