Working for us
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) achieved full executive agency status in April 2009. It employs approximately 25,000 staff and has gross annual expenditure of £2.3bn. It is responsible for all immigration, asylum and border control policy and operations. It now has operations in around 150 countries across the globe. The UK Border Agency has been formed from the merger of Home Office Border and Immigration Agency, the Border Detection function from HM Revenue and Customs and the UK Visa services that was part of the Foreign Office.
What we do
Under Home Office Aim 6 we are responsible for managing immigration in the interests of Britain's security, economic growth and social stability. The range of work this encompasses is huge and includes:
- considering applications from people who want to come to the United Kingdom to work or study;
- determining asylum applications;
- facilitating the arrival of passengers to the United Kingdom; and
- deciding applications for citizenship.
Within these areas there is a tremendous variety of roles from operational to casework, and policy and support roles in finance, IT, procurement and human resources. Working for the Agency is interesting and challenging, and provides an opportunity to deliver results that will make a real difference to people's lives.