Criminality guidance in article 8 ECHR cases: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider article 8 ECHR cases when deporting a criminal.
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- UK Visas and Immigration
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- 27 February 2017
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Criminality: Article 8 ECHR cases
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on how claims involving article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are considered when a person is being deported from the UK because of their criminality.
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Published 27 February 2017
Last updated 1322 MayMarch 2024
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2026-03-22 00:01
Updated to reflect changes to the automatic deportation provision in the UK Borders Act 2007 and to Part 5A Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 by the Sentencing Act 2026.
2024-05-13 14:56
Guidance updated to reflect changes made to Part 13 of the Immigration Rules and the Supreme Court judgment of HA (Iraq), RA (Iraq) and AA (Nigeria) v SSHD [2022] UKSC 22.
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on how claims involving article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are considered when a person is being deported from the UK because of their criminality.
Updates to this page
Sign up for emails or print this page
Update history
2026-03-22 00:01
Updated to reflect changes to the automatic deportation provision in the UK Borders Act 2007 and to Part 5A Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 by the Sentencing Act 2026.
2024-05-13 14:56
Guidance updated to reflect changes made to Part 13 of the Immigration Rules and the Supreme Court judgment of HA (Iraq), RA (Iraq) and AA (Nigeria) v SSHD [2022] UKSC 22.