The Home Office has updated its priority treatment requests caseworker guidance to reflect the introduction of a Priority Service for nationality applications. Applicants who wish to have their application treated as a priority, but whose circumstances do not satisfy the existing priority treatment criteria, may submit their citizenship application through the nationality Priority Service for an additional fee of £500. Decisions are normally expected within 30 working days of biometric submission. Applications that have already been submitted cannot be upgraded to a Priority Service application. Applications requiring enhanced scrutiny, external checks, national security or identity enquiries or which are particularly complex, may fall outside the standard timeframe.

The Home Office has updated its guidance on ongoing changes to its commercial partner visa application services.

The Home Office has updated various guidance documents further to its stopping to issue Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRCs) from 31 October 2024 (including in the case of pending No Time Limit (NTL) applications). These updates include various new information, which is listed below. The Home Office has also published a new online form for telling the Home Office if certain details are wrong on an eVisa (name, sponsor reference, photo, National Insurance number, visa conditions, immigration status and valid until date). The form can also be used if a UKVI account was set up by the Home Office, but they used an email address or phone number that the person did not have access to. The person will need to provide certain listed information and the Home Office should respond within 10 working days to either confirm correction of the relevant details or to ask for more information.

The Home Office has issued an update to its guidance on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) for looked-after children and care leavers.

The Home Office has published updated statutory guidance on antisocial behaviour powers in England and Wales, which takes effect on 26 October 2026 and reflects changes introduced by the Crime and Policing Act 2026. The update covers respect orders for adults, which can impose restrictions and requirements to address the causes of antisocial behaviour, with breach constituting a criminal offence. It also sets out a new process for victims to ask local policing bodies to reconsider decisions that the threshold for an antisocial behaviour case review has not been met, or review its outcome where local grounds for appeal are satisfied. The process is intended to strengthen oversight and ensure that agencies have properly considered victims’ concerns and the action available to them.

The Home Office has updated its guidance on ex-gratia payments for UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement, and Border Force. As of 7 November 2024, the guidance has been simplified and expanded to incorporate recommendations from the Independent Examiner of Complaints. This update aims to enhance the clarity and effectiveness of the document, which outlines how the Home Office manages and resolves ex-gratia payments, including the assessment of actual and non-financial losses. The revised guidance is stated to provide a more comprehensive framework for handling these payments within the relevant departments.

The Home Office has updated its guidance on money laundering reporting obligations to reflect changes introduced by the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) (Threshold Amount) (Amendment) Order 2025, SI 2025/877. The Order, which took effect on 31 July 2025, increases the financial thresholds for two exemptions from the principal money laundering offences.

The Home Office has updated its guidance on money laundering reporting obligations to reflect changes introduced by the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) (Threshold Amount) (Amendment) Order 2025, SI 2025/877. The Order, which took effect on 31 July 2025, increases the financial thresholds for two exemptions from the principal money laundering offences.

The Home Office has updated and renamed its guidance on validation, variation, voiding and withdrawal of applications for leave to remain. Amendments are stated to have been made to reflect the changes to the Immigration Rules concerning variation of applications, date of application (on variation of application), and withdrawal of applications. Other changes included clarify the caseworking process for simultaneous or multiple applications made in the UK or overseas, and when an application is voided.

The Home Office has updated its guidance on Permitting Access to Public Funds and introduced a new prioritisation process for change of conditions applications. The guidance notes that all applications must now be triaged on receipt and prioritised where the applicant provides evidence of serious vulnerability and an urgent need for access to public funds. The guidance sets out a three-tier system. Tier one applies where an applicant is street homeless or has a serious vulnerability that makes their situation extremely urgent, and these cases should be considered within 72 working hours. Tier two applies where the applicant or their dependants have serious vulnerabilities, such as likely street homelessness within eight weeks, a child in a precarious or imminently precarious situation, significant health conditions, or domestic abuse, and these cases should be considered as soon as possible and within 14 working days. Tier three applies to all other applications. There is no set service standard for Tier three cases, but they should still be decided promptly. The guidance states that applicants must provide evidence to qualify for Tier one or Tier two prioritisation, that prioritisation does not affect the outcome of the application, and that cases may be re-prioritised if new evidence of vulnerability is provided.

The Home Office has updated information on notifications made by the European Union to the UK under Part Three of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA). This includes an update to contact details for the relevant authorities of Member States, as well as an update to the Nationality exception in relation to Poland.

The Home Office has published an updated guidance on mutual legal assistance. The guidance provides information for UK authorities, and those abroad on obtaining evidence within the UK, or abroad, to help in criminal investigations or proceedings.