Subject Access Request To Home Office UKVI

You can make a Subject Access Request to the Home Office, UKVI to retrieve your personal information that is held on the Home Office’s as immigration records.

Subject access request is known as SAR.

Subject Access Request to the Home Office (sAR)

If you want to get a copy of your personal information that is held on the Home Office’s immigration records then you can make a Subject Access Request (SAR) application online to Home Office, UKVI.

What is a Subject Access Request (SAR)?

A subject access request (SAR) is an application to the Home Office, UKVI to get a copy of all the personal information, documents, records, decisions, notes etc which the Home Office is holding about you in their database. Requests for access to records and for other information about those records are known as “subject access requests” and are made to the person or organisation (the “data controller”) who you think is processing (holding, disclosing or using) the information to which you want to access.

How To Make A Subject Access Request (SAR) To Home Office UKVI?

You can make a Subject Access Request (SAR) online to request access to personal information held by UKVI. Using the online application will reduce the time it takes to respond to your subject access request (SAR).

You can also contact the Home Office UKVI in relation to your Subject Access Request (SAR) by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you:

  • have a query about making a subject access request
  • have a query about a subject access request you have received
  • sent a request by post before 19 March 2020 and you have not received acknowledgement of your request

Subject Access Request Home Office processing time

Home Office usually takes 1 month to respond to your Subject Access Request (SAR) application after receiving the SAR application and all the supporting documents.

How much does a subject access request cost?

You can make a Subject Access Request (SAR) application to the Home Office free of charge. Previously, the fee for a Subject Access Request was £10 but now it’s free.

For Subject Access Request (SAR) applications, our experienced immigration lawyers charge a fixed fee starting from £150 for our professional legal services. The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of the matter and the casework involved in the matter.

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