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16 January 2018

Immigration Status Checks On Account Holders Begin

The Home Office has confirmed that banks and building societies have started carrying out checks against their personal current account holders to establish whether any account holder is an illegal immigrant.
United States Immigration

The Home Office has confirmed that banks and building societies have started carrying out checks against their personal current account holders to establish whether any account holder is an illegal immigrant. They are doing so using a Cifas database. If there is a match, the Home Office will instruct the institution what steps to take.

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