Home Office
UK immigration authority
The Home Office is the British government department responsible for immigration, security, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement.
It oversees the police, issues passports and visas, and handles matters of national security: The Home Office denied his asylum application.
Equivalent roughly to the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security combined with parts of the Justice Department. (Lowercase home office is a workspace or company headquarters.)
- counter-terrorismOpposing organized political violence
- MI5British domestic intelligence agency
- security servicesAgencies ensuring safety
- WindrushLandmark immigration ship
- immigration policyRules controlling border entry
small boats · Theresa May · visa · work permit · border control · national security · hostile environment · passport · Whitehall · Brexit · law enforcement · crime prevention · public safety · interior ministry · deportation · asylum · right to remain · Labour Party
- UK ImmigrationBritish citizenship, British passport, immigration law, immigration officer, immigration status
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- British governanceborough, county, shire, local government, local council
- British GovernmentHouse of Commons, House of Lords, Westminster, Whitehall, Downing Street
- British InstitutionsBritish Museum, British Library, Bank of England, House of Lords, House of Commons
- Crown Governmentroyal assent, sovereign, constitutional monarchy, Lord Chancellor, Exchequer
Home OfficeForeign Office
UK diplomatic ministry
Foreign Secretary · Foreign Affairs · State Department · diplomatic service · external affairs
Home Officecorporate office
Company's central administrative location
company headquarters · office building · workplace · main office · central office