The Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) was part of the Home Office, a department of the

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. The department had its headquarters in

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, where it occupied thirteen buildings. The IND was responsible for inward migration to the

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, asylum applications and the recognition of

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and

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and the removal and deportation of immigration offenders. The Immigration and Nationality Directorate was replaced by the

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on 1 April 2007, which was in turn subsumed into the

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on 1 April 2008 and replaced by

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in 2013.

Directorates

The IND was split into directorates with responsibility for different areas of its work. Some of those directorates were: * The Nationality Directorate had its main offices in

and was responsible for the consideration of applications for

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and for the issue of certificates of entitlement to the

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. * The UK Immigration Service had its headquarters in Croydon and was responsible for controlling entry to the United Kingdom. It had two directorates: ** The Border Control Directorate controlled ports of entry. ** The Enforcement and Removals Directorate was responsible for the identification, monitoring, and removal or deportation of immigration offenders. * The Managed Migration Directorate, with offices in Croydon, Liverpool and

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, had responsibility for considering applications for permission to remain in the United Kingdom from those who had valid leave to enter or remain and from

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an nationals and their families. * Work Permits UK, based in

, dealt with the issuing of work permits.

Reorganisation

On 19 July 2006, the

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, John Reid confirmed that the IND would be hived off as an executive agency after a major reorganisation of the Home Offic

From April 2007 it became the

(BIA). On 1 April 2008, the Border and Immigration Agency was incorporated into the new

List of directors general

{{incompletelist, date=May 2017 * 1995 to 1998: Timothy Walker (civil servant), Timothy Walker * 2002 to 2005:

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* 2005 to 2008: Lin Homer 2008 to 2013: Rob Whiteman

External links

UK Border Agency
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