First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber Rules, Guidance and Forms
Please find below a comprehensive collection of guidance and resources for Judges and members of the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
The full list of Guidance, Practice Directions and Statements, Protocols, Guidance Notes, LCJ Directions and other materials has been compiled into one reference document (Word doc), which will be kept up to date.
The guidance and resources have also been broken down into separate sections, which you can easily find in the table below. They cross-reference similar guidance for the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, and show joint Ft/UT guidance, and much more.
Finally, at the bottom of the page, you can find additional procedure rules and forms for the Chamber.
| List of guidance and resources, by section |
| Presidential Guidance: |
| UTIAC Presidential Guidance |
| FtTIAC Presidential Guidance |
| Joint FtTIAC & UTIAC Presidential Guidance |
| Practice Directions: |
| UTIAC Practice Directions |
| FtTIAC Practice Directions |
| Joint FtTIAC & UTIAC Practice Directions |
| Practice Statements: |
| UTIAC Practice Statements |
| FtTIAC Practice Statements |
| Joint FtTIAC & UTIAC Practice Statements |
| LCJ Directions and Guidance: |
| Lord/Lady Chief Justice’s Directions |
| Joint Lord/Lady Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals Guidance |
| Other guidance and resources: |
| FtTIAC Protocols |
| Guidance Notes for the former AIT that are still relevant to the FtTIAC |
| Cross-jurisdictional materials |
| Other |
Additional guidance and resources
Procedure Rules of the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber
Additional Presidential Guidance and Practice Statements of the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber
- Presidential Guidance Note – Immigration Bail for Judges of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Presidential Guidance Note No 1 of 2023 (Implemented on 1 March 2023) (PDF)
- Presidential Guidance Note – Evidence from Overseas July 2022 (PDF)
- Practice Guidance on Open Justice – remote hearings observation June 2022 (PDF)
- Senior President of Tribunals Practice Direction May 2022 (PDF)
- Presidential Practice Direction May 2022 (PDF)
- Updated SPT Practice Statement – Delegation of Functions to Legal Officers (PDF)
- Anonymity Orders and Directions in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
- Joint Presidential Guidance 2019 No 1: Permission to appeal to UTIAC
- Practice Direction for the Immigration and Asylum Chambers on or after December 19 2018
- Practice Direction for the First-tier and Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chambers – Child, Vulnerable Adult, and Sensitive Witnesses (PDF)
- Immigration and Asylum Tribunal – Rules and legislation
- Immigration and Asylum Tribunal – Rules and legislation, Guidance for the former AIT that are now relevant to FTTIAC