Entry Clearance Guidance - General Instructions
Chapter 1 Annex 5 - Examples of UK immigration service stamps
Stamps formerly used by the Immigration Service and Home Office
Immigration Service endorsements
Example of typical set of endorsements
The following were former examples of Immigration Officers’ stamps which may appear in passports presented for entry clearance purposes.
Former examples of Immigration Officer's stamps
The meaning of the endorsements in this example are:
Immigration Officer’s date stamp:
| a) | Date of arrival. Stringent checks are carried out at the ports to ensure that stamps are not wrongly set. |
| b) | Immigration Offices number. Stamps are issued to officers on a personal basis and will not be used when an officer is not on duty. When forwarding complaints from travellers, an officer’s number should be quoted whenever possible. |
| c) | Port of arrival (including number in brackets after Heathrow). If there is doubt about the authenticity of a stamp, reference to the port quoting date of arrival and the Immigration Officer's number may resolve the doubt. |
Landing Conditions Stamp:
| d) | The duration of leave to enter. This will be in manuscript and may be either for a period of months or until a certain date. |
| e) | The landing conditions. This shows what conditions are attached to the traveller’s leave to enter. |
| f) | Arrival number. This is put in by an Immigration Officer solely to facilitate checks on embarkation, and does not therefore concern Entry Clearance Officer’s. It is not a Home Office reference. |
| g) | The police registration requirement. |
Specific Endorsements on entry [Note: in the following definitions He is used in a gender neutral sense]
example of specific endorsements on entry
HOME OFFICE ENDORSEMENTS
Persons who have been given leave to enter the UK must apply to the Home Office if they wish to apply for extensions of stay, change of conditions/restrictions or indefinite leave to remain. The following endorsements are currently used by the Home Office for these purposes.
Current endorsements used by Home Office
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