B5JSSK guidance

Kathryn Denyer made this Freedom of Information request to Home Office This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was partially successful.

Dear Home Office,

Please disclose the B5JSSK guidance referred to at the top of page 19 of the UK Visas and Immigration Transit guidance published on 23 August 2019 at the below link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...

Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Denyer

FOI Requests, Home Office

Ms Denyer,

Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.

This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 55204). We will aim to send you a full response by 24/09/2019 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you,

P. Zebedee
FOI Requests
Home Office

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Border Force General Correspondence Replies, Home Office

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Dear Ms Denyer

 

Please find attached the Home Office response to your request for
information, case 55204.

 

Please email [1][email address] for any follow up query or
request for an internal review.

 

Yours Sincerely

 

K Robinson

Border Force – Information Rights

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Dear Home Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'B5JSSK guidance'.

If it is not possible to provide the document in full, please can you provide a redacted version. The process for B5JSSK nationals is not currently published publicly in a clear form and is causing confusion for individuals and representatives, including in what circumstances a landing stamp may still be endorsed and what information the Home Office is holding that people may be able to request in the future to accurately note absences for indefinite leave to remain applications and how six months is calculated for visitors for the purposes of determining the date a visitor must depart the UK by. If any or all of this information is held in this document it would be very helpful to have it in the public domain.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...

Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Denyer

FOI Requests, Home Office

Ms Denyer,

Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.

This Internal Review has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 55204). We will aim to send you a full response by 28/10/2019 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you,

P. Zebedee
FOI Requests
Home Office

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Dear FOI Requests,

Please may I have an update on the progress of my request for an internal review?

Yours sincerely,

Kathryn Denyer

John Sarah (KIMU), Home Office

Dear Ms Denyer

We apologise for the delay. As you are aware the information which you have requested is being considered and unfortunately this is taking more time than anticipated. As a brief background - our role is to look at how the original request was handled and confirm to the requester if the response was correct.
We aim to respond to internal review requests within 20 working days, or 40 working days for a complex request.

If information is proposed for release at the internal review stage then it would require certain departmental clearances- all of this takes time. We can assure you that your request is being dealt with.

Kind regards

Information Rights Team
Home Office ,2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF

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Dear John Sarah (KIMU),

Thank you for your earlier response.

As it has now been two months since the most recent correspondence, please can you provide a further update?

Yours sincerely,

Kathryn Denyer

FOI Responses, Home Office

Dear Ms Denyer

The information proposed for release (in this case the guidance) requires certain departmental clearances- this is taking time. We can assure you that your request is being dealt with. It is currently awaiting management clearance.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind regards
Information Rights Team
Home Office ,2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF

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Dear Home Office,

Please can you provide a further status update on my request?

Yours faithfully,

Kathryn Denyer

FOI Requests, Home Office

Thank you for contacting the Home Office FOI Requests Mailbox.  

We will endeavour to respond within 2 working days.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.  

 

Thank you,  

FOI Requests Home Office

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FOI Responses, Home Office

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Dear Ms Denyer

 

Please find attached the response to your request for an internal review-
 ref:  CR 55204.

 

We apologise for the delay in providing a response.

 

Kind regards

Information Rights Team

Home Office

2 Marsham Street

London SW1P 4DF

 

 

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