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Change description : 2025-11-11 08:00:00: Changes to reflect Part Suitability replacing Part 9: grounds for refusal of the Immigration Rules. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Exclusion from the UK – decisions and orders: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on decisions and orders on the exclusion of foreign nationals from the UK.

Documents

Exclusion from the UK

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UK Visas and Immigration staff guidance that explains the grounds on which someone can be excluded from the UK.

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Published 16 July 2013

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    1. Updated to reflect the new policy on elites linked to the Russian State and to provide clarification of state threats.

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Update history

2025-11-11 08:00
Changes to reflect Part Suitability replacing Part 9: grounds for refusal of the Immigration Rules.

2025-02-24 00:01
Updated to reflect the new policy on elites linked to the Russian State and to provide clarification of state threats.

2024-08-12 15:37
Changes to reflect the government’s updated definition of extremism.

2024-03-13 10:35
Changes from Director, AD and DD to Grades.

2023-07-27 13:52
Amendments to the guidance to update the sections on grounds for exclusion, consideration of exclusion, cancellation of existing status and notification of exclusion and to reflect the introduction of the Authority to Carry Scheme 2023.