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Finding current and archived UK Home Office immigration and nationality guidance: practitioner research using GOV.UK, National Archives, LexisNexis Immigration and Butterworths Immigration Law Service

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Practice notes

This Practice Note

This Practice Note sets out where to find up-to-date Home Office materials on immigration and nationality, and how to consult the guidance archives in LexisNexis® Immigration, on GOV.UK and in the National Archives when researching replaced immigration law and policy...

Locating Home Office guidance

On GOV.UK, Home Office immigration and nationality guidance appears in several streams, divided between documents for:

applicants
sponsor businesses and education institutions
Home Office decision-makers and other relevant staff

It can also be necessary to find prior versions of guidance to:

confirm what applied on the date of a sponsor’s or applicant’s act or omission
identify precise changes in the guidance wording

Applicant guidance

Before the post‑Brexit immigration system, many routes for entry or stay relied on detailed PDF policy guidance for applicants. From 1 December 2020, the Home Office moved primarily to delivering detailed applicant guidance via the relevant category tool on GOV.UK, and in many routes no longer issues PDF applicant guidance...

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