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Home Office: Aliens Department: Aliens Personal Files
Description and record details
| Reference | HO 382 |
|---|---|
| Title | Home Office: Aliens Department: Aliens Personal Files |
| Date | 1895-2007 |
| Description | This series contains a selection of files of the Aliens Department relating to individual aliens who entered the United Kingdom after 1935. Many pieces contain small photographs of the subjects of the files. |
| Arrangement | The Aliens Department opened a file for each individual alien. Up to 1935 these files formed part of the Home Office's main six-figure file series (see HO 45 and HO 144). After that date a new series for aliens was introduced in which the file number was allocated according to the first letter of the alien's surname and with the next available number. Six-figure files which were still live were incorporated into the new series. |
| Related material |
Enrolled copies of naturalisation certificates (1844-1870) are in C 54 Applicants personal files see HO 405 Specimens of application for Ministry of Labour work permits are in LAB 48 For naturalisation case papers (1879-1934) see HO 144 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Home Office, Aliens Department (B Department), 1913-1962 Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Department, 1962 |
| Physical description | 794 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
from 1995 Home Office |
| Accruals | Series is accruing. |
| Selection and destruction information | The majority of aliens files have been destroyed under a Home Office disposal schedule. This series contains a selection of files which illustrate the operation of the Home Office procedures or relate to famous individuals. Other famous or well-known individuals can also be found in HO 405. |
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