Marriage and civil partnership investigation: caseworker guidance
Immigration staff guidance on investigating sham marriages.
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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff make decisions when investigating sham marriages under the Act.
extends the notice period for marriages and civil partnerships, to give the Home Office time to investigate possible sham marriages.
Updates to this page
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Updated to provide clarification of regulation 15 considerations (the failure to comply warning).
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Updated guidance to remove redundant references on EU permanent residency and applications made under the EEA Regulations; to clarify use of ministerial authorisation for use of nationality when looking at risk profiles; and to clarify that enforcement action may be taken on caseworkers that may take wider casework decisions related to any immigration offences discovered during the marriage investigation.
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Updated guidance.
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First published.