Guidance

Deporting foreign nationals on conducive grounds: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on deportation on the ground it is conducive to the public good.

Documents

Revocation of a deportation order

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Deporting foreign nationals on conducive grounds

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Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff make deportation decisions in respect of:

  • any non-British citizen who does not have rights protected under the Agreements regardless of when the conduct occurred
  • any person who has rights protected by the Agreements (or the UK’s domestic implementation of the Agreements) in relation to conduct that occurred after 23:00 GMT on 31 December 2020

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Published 20 October 2014
Last updated 8 November 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added guidance on revocation of a deportation order.

  2. Added a link to guidance on EEA decisions taken on grounds of public policy.

  3. New deporting foreign nationals on conducive grounds guidance which replaces deporting non-EEA foreign nationals guidance.

  4. Updated guidance.

  5. Updated guidance.

  6. First published.