Home Office

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You cannot use this website to make requests about your own personal circumstances, such your immigration status.

This website makes all correspondence public. To contact the Home Office with personal inquiries use direct contact information published by the Home Office. Direct Home Office email addresses you can try include: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or DCAT@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk (Digital Correspondence Allocation Team) or ukvigeneral@mailgb.custhelp.com (UK Visas and Immigration).

We understand that it can be difficult to get a response from the Home Office to personal immigration queries. If you are in the UK we suggest writing to the Home Office via your local Member of Parliament, if you send your correspondence to your MP, they or their office, can pass it on to the Home Office and ensure you get a response. This has the benefit of highlighting difficulties communicating with the Home Office to MPs.

The Home Office is the lead government department for immigration and crime. The Home Office's areas of responsibility include police, counter-terrorism, passports and drugs policy. The Home Office is lead by the Home Secretary and five other ministers.[1] The Home Office is often referred to in official documents and in Parliament by its former name 'the Home Department'.[2,3]

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Current processing times British citizenship renunciation
Response by Home Office to Sean on .

Awaiting classification.

Mr. O'Driscoll, Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request. This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 49803). We will aim to...
RCOS July 2018 No Response
Response by Home Office to ben009 on .

Refused.

Ben009   Please find attached the Home Office response to your request.        Kind Regards   J Douglas   Information Rights Team...
Safe Returns Review policy
Response by Home Office to Colin Yeo on .

Refused.

[1]Logo for letterhead.png                               Dear Mr Yeo   Please find attached a letter in response to your FOI request of 17...
(Border Force) Import of realistic imitation firearms / UKARA checks
Response by Home Office to Colin MacDonald on .

Information not held.

  Dear Mr MacDonald   Thank you for your information request.  Please see the attached reply.     Yours sincerely   H Reid Border Force – Info...
Police Pensions Conference/Seminar
Response by Home Office to bob watson on .

Information not held.

Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.     Home Office 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF [1]www.gov.uk/ho...
Home Office - immigration health surcharge
Response by Home Office to Sally on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Parsons   Please find attached a letter in response to your FOI request of 12 July.   Regards CCT FOI Freedom of Information Central...
Spouse Visa Refusals for No Call Logs/WhatsApp Logs/Photos since 2012
Response by Home Office to Irfan Ahmed on .

Refused.

[1]Logo for letterhead.png                               Dear Sir or Madam   Please find attached a letter in response to your FOI request...
Immigration Health Surcharge
Response by Home Office to Sally on .

Refused.

Dear Ms. Parsons   Case ref: 44233 is cancelled. An email was sent to you on 13/06/2017. You will need to resubmit your request accordingly.  ...
FOI request concerning Crime at Ancient Scheduled Monuments
Response by Home Office to Mike Lawlor on .

Information not held.

Good morning Mike,   Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information request.   Kind regards   James   [1]cid:image003...
Delaying FLR (fp) application
Response by Home Office to Hasan chowdhury on .

Information not held.

Dear Hasan Chowdhury,   Thank you for your enquiry dated 19th September regarding requesting a freedom of information review.   To apply for a fre...
Naturalisation Statistics
Response by Home Office to Ahmad on .

Refused.

Dear Ahmad,     Please find attached the response to your request for information.     Thank you,   A Callaghan FOI Requests Home O...
G4S Financial Remedies with the Home Office
Response by Home Office to Sarah Uncles on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Uncles,   Please find attached the response to your Freedom of Information request.   Kind regards,   Accounting Operations Unit...
Potential for civil unrest if EU Referendum result was to be ignored
Response by Home Office to Michael Richards on .

Information not held.

Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.     Home Office 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF [1]www.gov.uk/ho...
Time taken to issue BRP after FTT has allowed an ILR appeal
Response by Home Office to Dhanesh Urade on .

Refused.

[1]Logo for letterhead.png                               Dear Sir/Madam   Please find attached a letter in response to your FOI request of...
Refusal statistics for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa applications in June 2018
Request to Home Office by Silas S. Brown. Annotated by Silas S. Brown on .

Refused.

My follow-up request is here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/refusal_statistics_for_tier_1_en_5
Prove of English for settling (Canadian degree)
Response by Home Office to Fernando on .

Information not held.

Dear Fernando,   Thank you for your enquiry dated 24th July about proof of English for settling [Canadian degree].   We are unable to advise on se...
Statistics on Leave to Remain with No Recourse to Public Funds
Response by Home Office to Marianne Schonle on .

Refused.

[1]Logo for letterhead.png                               Dear Ms Schonle   Please find attached a letter in response to your FOI request of...
Police Reform Act 2002
Response by Home Office to Paul Smith on .

Refused.

This mailbox does not accept incoming messages. Any FOI requests or inquiries should be sent to [1][Home Office request email]. References Visible...
Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship for July 2018
Response by Home Office to Parveen Chawla on .

Refused.

This mailbox does not accept incoming messages.   Any FOI requests or enquiries relating to requests should be sent to [1][Home Office request ema...
Clarification and definition of 'dependant' under the Immigration Rules.
Response by Home Office to J He on .

Refused.

Dear Mr J. He,   Thank you for your enquiry dated 2nd February regarding combining time for settlement.   We are unable to advise on settlement applica...
Provide details of expertise of members of expert panel on cannabis-based medicines
Response by Home Office to Peter Reynolds on .

Information not held.

Dear Peter,   Thank you for your e-mail.   Please find attached a letter in response to your Freedom of Information Request.   If you are...
Failed Immigration Enforcement Operation Data
Response by Home Office to John Williams on .

Refused.

Dear Mr Williams   Please see the attached response to your Freedom of Information request.   Regards   Immigration Enforcement Secretariat...
How long Flr fp visa holding person can stay overseas
Response by Home Office to Dinesh on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Denesh,   Thank you for your enquiry dated 24 July 2018 regarding the rules about the FLR FP application.   There is no time time limit on...
Service in the Civil Defence Corp
Response by Home Office to Colin Stokes on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Stokes   Please find response to your FOI request attached.   Kind regards   Home Office     Performance , Assurance and Gover...
The renunciation of British Nationalities for HON Andrew LEUNG Kwan Yin, the newly-elected Hong Kong LEGCO president
Response by Home Office to Cheuk Hang Au on .

Refused.

Cheuk Hang Au   Dear Sir or Madam   Please see the attached letter in response to your recent FOI Request 41470.   Thank you   CCT FOI...

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