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This inspection examined the efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of FES delivered by UKVI through its streamlined and digitised UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service (UKVCAS) in-country, Home Office SSCs and Visa…
The Chief Inspector makes 2 recommendations, each of which breaks down into several parts.
The inspection focused on protecting the border through security checks, and the identification and safeguarding of vulnerable people.
Literature review by Adrian Matthews on how the Home Office ensures the best interests of the child when conducting its immigration, asylum and nationality functions.
This inspection examined Border Force operations at the seaports of Dover, Newhaven, Portsmouth, Southampton, Poole and Plymouth, and the coverage of smaller ports, harbours and marinas along the south coast.
The Chief Inspector's report on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s management of family reunion applications.
This inspection examined the Global Positioning System (GPS) electronic monitoring of Foreign National Offenders, with a particular focus on the processing and flow of information through the Electronic Monitoring Hub from …
This inspection examined the Home Office’s management of family reunion applications between 1 January 2022 and 30 September 2022, focusing on progress relating to implementation of recommendations two, three and four fr…
The Chief Inspector announces inspection programme for the upcoming business year.
David Bolt officially took up his post on 1 May 2015. He has been appointed for a fixed term of 2 years.
This inspection examined how the immigration system serves the needs of the higher education sector, rather than focusing narrowly on the operational functions within the Home Office.
This inspection focused on how the route has been working since its launch, including the ability to rapidly scale up operations and learnings taken from, and into, other immigration routes.
This inspection was a pilot of a proposed new methodology for short-notice, light-touch observational inspections of some of the Home Office’s busy operational settings.
The report reviewed the Home Office country information on Burma, Iraq and Zimbabwe.
The report reviewed the Home Office country information on Ethiopia and Jamaica
The report from the December 2019 meeting of the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information looks at information produced by the Home Office in respect of Albania, Iran and Vietnam.
The report reviewed the Home Office country information on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran and Turkey.
Inspection plans for the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI).
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