Guidance

Visit: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance about the different visitor categories for visiting the UK and how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 24 April 2015
• Last updated: 29 January 2025 바카라 사이트� See all updates

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff make decisions on visitor cases.

Published 24 April 2015

Last updated 29 January 2025 + show all updates

1. 29 January 2025

   Guidance updated to clarify that supporting documents provided must correlate with what has been written in the visa application form in terms of finance and income.

2. 31 January 2024

   Updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules.

3. 5 July 2023

   The caseworker guidance has been updated.

4. 3 January 2023

   Added accessible HTML version.

5. 9 November 2022

   Updated to reflect changes to the Immigration Rules.

6. 6 October 2021

   Updated guidance in line with Immigration Rule changes coming into force on 6 October 2021.

7. 1 December 2020

   Guidance updated: 바카라 사이트� FBIS policy updates 바카라 사이트� Updating reference of leave to permission 바카라 사이트� Adding validity section 바카라 사이트� Adding section on Irish citizens 바카라 사이트� Updating numbering to reflect simplified rules 바카라 사이트� Adding section on new UKVI process 바카라 사이트� Updating references to suitability to tie in with the new Part 9 rules and guidance that will now apply to the Visitor routes

8. 28 August 2019

   Updated guidance document.

9. 5 April 2019

   Updated guidance.

10. 11 January 2018

    Guidance updated.

11. 14 June 2017

    Updated guidance.

12. 5 January 2017

    Updated guidance.

13. 8 January 2016

    Updated guidance.

14. 2 December 2015

    Updated guidance, December 2015.

15. 14 October 2015

    Updated guidance.

16. 24 April 2015

    First published.