Offender management: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff deal with offender management.
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Updates to this page
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Published a new version of the immigration bail guidance and removed the previous immigration bail interim guidance. Also published a new guide 'Accommodation under Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016'.
Update history
2025-06-17 14:18
Immigration bail guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the process, in some cases, for variation of bail where a digital reporting condition is being imposed.
2025-04-15 15:29
Removed re-entry bans guidance and replaced with new guidance on mandatory refusal period.
2025-01-31 10:00
Published a new version of the immigration bail guidance and removed the previous immigration bail interim guidance. Also published a new guide ‘Accommodation under Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016’.
2024-10-23 00:01
Immigration bail document updated as detailed on page 7.
2024-08-16 09:00
Immigration bail interim guidance updated to include information about the section 98 asylum support process for foreign national offenders (FNOs).
2024-07-22 12:20
Equality impact assessment: reporting and offender management has been updated to reflect new data.
2024-06-18 10:00
Updated Immigration bail – interim guidance to clarify that “an address specified” in paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 can mean an address that is yet to be specified; and clarify that an individual’s bail conditions may be varied where a residence condition is not already imposed and a refusal of accommodation under paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 would be in breach of Article 3 ECHR.
2024-05-24 10:52
‘Identify management: enforcement’ updated with a new section titled ‘Age disputes and criminal prosecutions’.
2024-05-21 09:00
Updated the guidance for adults at risk in immigration detention – changes are detailed in ‘changes from last version of this guidance’. Added new guidance: requesting a second opinion for an external medical report.
2024-05-03 11:03
Guidance on “Adults at risk: detention of potential or confirmed victims of modern slavery” has been amended to reflect the transition of the Modern Slavery Needs Assessment templates to an internal Home Office system.
2024-03-18 00:10
Updated the immigration bail caseworker guidance to: amend the Digital Reporting section to reflect the updated team name; amend the Electronic Monitoring (EM) section to reflect changes to; and to amend the First-tier Tribunal section to reflect the current bail hearing process and in relation to Financial Condition Supporters.
2024-01-22 09:17
‘Equality impact assessment: referring external medical reports for a second opinion – interim operational guidance’ has been removed as it is no longer applicable.
2024-01-19 13:36
Amended the reporting and offender management guidance to reflect the decommissioning of case information database (CID).
2024-01-12 14:32
Document ‘Interim guidance: requesting a second opinion for an external medical report/medico-legal report’ removed as this guidance is no longer followed.
2023-11-30 15:21
Staff guidance on immigration bail has been updated to version 18.0 to bring drafting in line with wider Home Office guidance and amend references to removal notices, following the commencement of section 46(8) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
2023-11-27 00:01
Updated “Interim Guidance: Requesting a second opinion for an external medical report/Medico-Legal Report”.
2023-11-20 00:01
Guidance on immigration bail has been updated to reflect the implementation of Section 46(8) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
2023-08-14 11:54
Updates to ‘Immigration bail’ guidance including immigration bail conditions: electronic monitoring; non-compliance with immigration bail: administrative penalties: recovery of payment under financial condition. In addition, a new section has been added to provide guidance where interim relief has been granted in the form of immigration bail.
2023-06-23 15:23
Guidance on ‘Immigration bail conditions: Electronic monitoring (EM) expansion pilot’ updated.
2023-05-26 16:08
‘Identity management (enforcement)’: updated to show the correct minimum age at which child can have their fingerprints taken. Accessible version added.
2023-05-15 09:50
Added equality impact assessment on residential holding rooms.
2023-04-21 12:39
Updated guidance on ‘Adults at risk in immigration detention’ added.
2023-04-21 09:06
Added equality impact assessment: reporting and offender management.
2023-04-14 14:06
Short term holding facility rules document updated.
2023-04-06 12:47
Updated ‘Identity management: enforcement’. The minimum age a child can be fingerprinted is 5, not 6.
2023-02-28 15:48
Added the equality impact assessment for GPS non-fitted devices.
2023-02-01 09:29
Added accessible version of ‘immigration bail’ document.
2023-01-30 14:29
Amendments to reflect the implementation of the modern slavery measures in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
2023-01-27 14:51
Immigration bail document updated with changes to sections: ‘Immigration bail conditions: reporting’, ‘Immigration bail conditions: electronic monitoring (EM)’. In addition, a new section has been added to provide guidance where interim relief has been granted in the form of immigration bail.
2023-01-26 11:00
Added Equality impact assessment: referring external medical reports for a second opinion – interim operational guidance.
2023-01-19 13:52
Updated the guidance on reporting and offender management.
2023-01-19 09:41
New guidance document, ‘detention on reporting’, published.
2022-12-06 16:32
Accessible version of immigration bail guidance added.
2022-11-25 14:47
Updated guidance on immigration bail published. Changes are detailed on page 7 of the document.
2022-11-01 09:00
Updates to Adults at risk in immigration detention to include information about the management of individuals who suffer from a serious health condition/mental health condition which requires specialised treatment or medication. Also amendments were made to the requirement for those relying upon external medical reports to confirm where an interpreter has been used.
2022-09-23 09:25
Updated guidance document: ‘Interim guidance: requesting a second opinion for an external medical report/medico-legal report’
2022-09-01 09:34
Updated guidance on immigration bail.
2022-08-23 12:45
Added equality impact assessment – GPS electronic monitoring expansion pilot.
2022-08-18 10:48
Added two documents: Equality impact assessment: partial commencement of the electronic monitoring duty and Equality impact assessment: transition from radio frequency to GPS electronic monitoring devices
2022-07-01 15:28
Updated the ‘Reporting and offender management’ guide with new links.
2022-06-28 00:15
Updated guidance on immigration bail with adjustments to the Representations section of immigration bail conditions: electronic monitoring (EM) duty; and the section on Exercising the power to grant immigration bail, due to the commencement of Clause 48 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
2022-06-20 00:15
Added ‘Interim guidance: requesting a second opinion for external medical report/medico-legal report’ document.
2022-06-15 11:39
Added ‘Immigration bail conditions: electronic monitoring (EM) expansion pilot’ document.
2022-05-16 09:22
The following documents have been removed as they are out of date: ‘Reporting and offender management: interim’ and ‘Reporting and offender management: telephone reporting pilot’.
2022-05-09 11:59
Updated the ‘Reporting and offender management’ document.