Immigration authorities

The government bodies that decide every visa application on Global Visa Routes. Each page covers scope, procedural quirks, published backlogs, and a full index of the routes that body administers.

Reviewed 2026-04-20.

UKVI · UK Visas and Immigration
Home Office · est. 2013
USCIS · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security · est. 2003
IRCC · Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Government of Canada · est. 2015
Home Affairs · Department of Home Affairs (Australia)
Commonwealth of Australia · est. 2017
IND · Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Netherlands)
Ministry of Justice and Security (Netherlands) · est. 1994
AIMA · Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (Portugal)
Ministry of Internal Administration (Portugal) · est. 2023
UGE-CE · Unidad de Grandes Empresas y Colectivos Estratégicos (Spain)
Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration (Spain) · est. 2013
DETE · Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ireland)
Government of Ireland · est. 2020
ICP · Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (UAE)
UAE Federal Government · est. 2021
BMI · Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (Germany)
Federal Government of Germany · est. 1949