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Code of conduct: interpreters working for UK Visas and Immigration

Asylum policy guidance on the code of conduct for interpreters.

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Interpreters code of conduct

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Asylum policy guidance which explains UK Visas and Immigration’s code of conduct for its freelance interpreters.

Published 12 December 2008
Last updated 27 June 2022 + show all updates
  1. Updated payment section in guidance.

  2. Updated guidance.

  3. Updated content in the following sections: definitions, security/access to Home Office Building and remote interviewing.

  4. Updated guidance: Central Interpreters Unit changed to Interpreter Management Unit. Interpreter Operations Unit (IOU) changed to Interpreter & Language Service Unit (ILSU). Remote interviewing section amended.

  5. Updated information on disciplinary issues, remote interviewing and training.

  6. First published.