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Feb 21st, 2008 at 1:00pm
 
Hello all

Please can someone help me locate an alternative number to the ones that are already on this website as the main number that is slready suggested on here "no longer accepts incoming calls"!!! Angry

The main number 0870 606 7766 has an alternative number 8253 6700...how long has this change been in effect???

Does anyone else know of any other numbers that I can try please?

The number 8253 6710 does not work either!!!

Any ideas???

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Edited:
This thread is for UK Border Agency, formally UK Border & Immigration Agency (BIA), part of the Home Office.
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Re: Border & Immigration Agency (BIA)
Reply #1 - Feb 21st, 2008 at 1:11pm
 
happy37 wrote on Feb 21st, 2008 at 1:00pm:
The main number 0870 606 7766 has an alternative number 8253 6700...how long has this change been in effect???

The number 8253 6710 does not work either!!!

Isn't that a London number - so needs the London STD code (020) added at the front?
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Reply #2 - Feb 21st, 2008 at 2:10pm
 
Hello Heinz

Thanks for your post - I am calling from London anyway  (I live in an 0208 area) so would not need to dial the whole prefix anyway, or so I thought!!!

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Reply #3 - Feb 21st, 2008 at 8:32pm
 
Saying a number "does not work" refers to a whole manner of states. It may be useful to know in what way the number doesn't work so as to help us find a new one.

020 8253 6700 and 020 8253 6710 both say they do not receive incoming calls

The Border & Immigration Agency is part of the Home Office whose number is 020 70354848. BIA can be reached by dialling that number and selecting menu option 1.
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Reply #4 - Feb 22nd, 2008 at 10:31am
 
Hello Dave

Thanks for your reply - to clarify, what I meant by it "doesn't work" is this:-

The number now does not accept incoming calls, whereas it did not so long ago!!!

Sorry if I did not make this clear in my initial post - I will try as the number as you have suggested and will post back in due course.....

Thanks for your help.

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Reply #5 - Feb 23rd, 2008 at 3:10pm
 
Hi all

Popping back to let you all know that the 020 7035 4848 number works ok!!!

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Reply #6 - Feb 23rd, 2008 at 3:32pm
 
happy37 wrote on Feb 23rd, 2008 at 3:10pm:
Popping back to let you all know that the 020 7035 4848 number works ok!!!

Thanks. I have amended the entry accordingly.  Smiley
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Reply #7 - Apr 26th, 2008 at 2:55pm
 
To confirm that the 888004 number does not work (at least, not without putting 141 in front which I couldn't figure out how to do on my mobile) - it automatically disconnects - but option 4 from the Home Office automated switchboard works a treat.
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Reply #8 - May 1st, 2008 at 8:51am
 
Quote:
To confirm that the 888004 number does not work Quote:


Hi getdown

Please confirm what you mean by the above quote...I am bit confused?

Thanks

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Reply #9 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 3:05pm
 
Hi all, am new here.

Have tried all the BIA alternative numbers posted above but they all just give you an alternative number (08706067766) if you're calling about immigration matters, option 1 that is. Don't know if there's a new number or there's another way of circumventing their 0870 number.

Much appreciated!!
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Reply #10 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 3:21pm
 
Don't know if this one is any of use........


Work permits customer contact centre .....

Phone:  0114 207 4074

Fax:  0114 207 5861
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Reply #11 - Nov 24th, 2008 at 6:04pm
 
Dude07 wrote on Nov 24th, 2008 at 3:05pm:
Have tried all the BIA alternative numbers posted above but they all just give you an alternative number (08706067766) if you're calling about immigration matters, option 1 that is. ...

Thanks for letting us know. I've removed the following entry:

Border & Immigration Agency (BIA)       0870 6067766             020 70354848             Home Office switchboard menu
Option 1 = BIA enquiries
p/o Home Office (formally Immigration & Nationality Directorate (IND))
Also for 0870 2410645
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Reply #12 - Nov 27th, 2008 at 1:31am
 
Anyone adversely affected by the withdrawal of this geographic number should clearly submit an FOI (Freedom of Information Act) request challenging the policy basis on which the BIA selects phone numbers and whether it considered the relevant guidances from the Central Office of Information and the contents of Sir David Varney's report (Service Transformation - a better deal for citizens and businesses, a better deal for the taxpayer) in deciding to remove its geographic alternative phone numbers.

The BIA must surely receive a lot of calls from overseas so the use of 084/7 numbers seems especially unacceptable given the potential total inaccessibility issue when calling 084/7 numbers from overseas and the ridiculously high cost of calling these numbers from abroad.

See the COI Contact Centre Guide at www.coi.gov.uk/documents/gcc-third-edition.pdf from p.35 and para 3.51 onwards.

and

Sir David Varney's report starting at Page 53 onwards (p.58 of the PDF file) at:-

www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/pbr06_varney_review.pdf
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Reply #13 - Dec 22nd, 2008 at 8:28pm
 
Hi
I found this alternatives numbers for home office inquiry. The number is 0870 606 7766....My inquiry was about post study work visa.

But whenever I called home office using the alternatives i couldn't reach the destination.

Border and Immigration London Office       08706067766             02070354848            
Public Enquiry Office       08706067766             01415551258             Glasgow
Public Enquiry Office       08706067766             01512370405             Liverpool
Public Enquiry Office       08706067766             01217045450             Birmingham
UK Vsas       0870 6067766             0141 5551258            

Does any 1 has any idea what should I do?
Thank you in advance.
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Reply #14 - Dec 22nd, 2008 at 8:41pm
 
Do you have more information? Where have you got the number from? Is it from a form and if so, what is the contact address?

The main Home Office number 020 70354848, option 1 gives a list of other numbers. Work visas are 0114 2074074.
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