Our organisation

On 1 April 2013 the UK Border Agency was split into two separate operational units within the Home Office. The units are:

• UK Visas and Immigration - responsible for handling visa applications to come to the UK, applications to extend a stay in the UK on a temporary and permanent basis, applications for asylum, appeals, correspondence and Sponsor management.
• Immigration Enforcement - responsible for investigating immigration offences, detaining and removing individuals with no right to be in the UK, preventing abuse of the immigration system.

Each unit is led by a director general:

• Sarah Rapson - interim director general of UK Visas and Immigration
• David Wood - interim director general of Immigration and Enforcement
  

Our overseas network

The overseas network consists of 6 regions:

• Africa
• Americas
• Asia-Pacific
• Euro-Med
• South Asia
• Pakistan and the Gulf

For more information, see the Our overseas network page.