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A UK Border Agency officer examines counterfeit football shirts upon their arrival in the United Kingdom. The UK Border Agency had a staff of 23,500 people located in over 130 countries. Overseas staff vetted visa applications and operated an intelligence and liaison network, acting as the first layer of border control for the UK.
The UK prime minister's website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to describe the United Kingdom. [ 8 ] Although the United Kingdom is a unitary sovereign state , it contains three distinct legal jurisdictions in Scotland , England and Wales , and Northern Ireland , each retaining its own legal system even after joining the UK. [ 9 ]
After 'assessing countries against a list of risk and compliance criteria', the UK Government added Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the UAE to 'Appendix H' (the list of 'low-risk' nationalities for the purpose of Tier 4 student visa applications) at various periods between 2014 and 2018 but according to the Cambridge Education Group, Oman was to be ...
The register of sponsors lists all organisations that the UK Border Agency has licensed to employ migrant workers or sponsor migrant students. On 31 March 2009, the register of sponsors replaced the register of education and training providers published by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (and previously by the Department ...
This is a list of lists of countries and territories by various criteria. A country or territory is a geographical area, either in the sense of nation (a cultural entity) or state (a political entity).
Here is the full list of countries on the Foreign Office’s ‘do not travel’ list to check before you plan a trip. FCDO advises against all travel Afghanistan – “The security situation is ...
In July 2008, the UK Border Agency (the predecessor of UK Visas and Immigration) published a consultation paper on the CTA that envisaged the imposition of immigration controls for non-CTA nationals, and new measures for identity checks of CTA nationals, as well as an advance passenger information system, on all air and sea crossings between ...
Neighbouring countries and territories (Territories without full sovereignty [1] in italics) (L) = share only land borders (M) = share only maritime boundaries blank = share land borders and maritime boundaries United Kingdom [2] 1 [3] 8 8 Belgium (M) Denmark (M) France France–UK border (M) Germany (M)