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Overview of the immigration system

Published 27 February 2020

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The Home Office 바카라 사이트˜Immigration statistics바카라 사이트™ series forms part of a larger cross-바카라 사이트 Statistical Service to meet changing user needs, and which will begin to put administrative data at the core of evidence on migration.

바카라 사이트˜Immigration statistics, year ending December 2019바카라 사이트™ provides the latest figures on persons who are subject to United Kingdom (UK) immigration controls. All data in this release relate to the year ending December 2019 (1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019) and all comparisons are with the year ending December 2018 (1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018), unless stated otherwise. Due to European Union (EU) freedom of movement principles, the majority of UK immigration controls relate to non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals. Unless otherwise stated, data in this release relate to non-EEA nationals.

The August edition of 바카라 사이트˜Immigration statistics바카라 사이트™ each year provides a more detailed summary of the statistics.

The Immigration statistics release provides information on the Home Office바카라 사이트™s operation of immigration control and related processes, including the work of UK Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), and Immigration Enforcement.

Figures on performance against service standards and processing times are published as part of the Home Office 바카라 사이트˜Migration transparency data바카라 사이트™.

The Home Office publishes a range of other research on migration, available at the 바카라 사이트˜Migration research and analysis바카라 사이트™ page on 바카라 사이트. Details on the developments and future plans for Home Office Immigration statistics can be found in 바카라 사이트˜Developments in migration statistics바카라 사이트™. For details of other migration outputs published across government, see the 바카라 사이트˜About this release바카라 사이트™ section.

Figure 1 provides a high-level overview of UK immigration control for non-EEA nationals. It does not include reference to all aspects of immigration as highlighted in the chart notes.

Figure 1: Summary of UK immigration system1,2

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Chart notes:

  1. The chart excludes references to appeals.
  2. Non-visa nationals seeking to enter the UK in a visa category for longer than 6 months require a visa, whereas those seeking to enter the UK for 6 months or less do not.

Other statistical releases

At the same time as this release, the following statistical releases were also published:

  • 바카라 사이트˜Grenfell Immigration Policy Statistics바카라 사이트™, Home Office 바카라 사이트“ statistics on the number of survivors and relatives considered under the Grenfell immigration policies
  • , Office for National Statistics (ONS) 바카라 사이트“ a summary of the latest official long-term international migration statistics (including net migration, immigration and emigration trends)

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