Aliens and Immigration, Denization and Naturalisation, Community Relations, Community...

Records of the Home Office concerning the registration and supervision of aliens, the handling of immigration, denization and naturalisation, and matters concerning community relations, community programmes and equal opportunities.

Concerning aliens, patents of denization are in HO 4 ; denization and naturalization papers in HO 1 ; entry books in HO 5 , and restriction entry books in HO 162 . Certificates of arrival are in HO 2 , and returns in HO 3 . General files on aliens are in HO 213 and HO 352 , and personal files in HO 382 and HO 405 . Indexes to naturalisation and denization are in HO 409.

Internment files are in HO 215 , internees personal files in HO 214 , and an internees index in HO 396 .

Refugees files are in HO 297; those of the Czechoslovak Refugee Trust in HO 294 ; of the Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board in HO 240 , and of the Uganda Resettlement Board in HO 289.

Files of the Immigration and Nationality Department are in HO 334 , HO 367 , HO 372 , HO 373 and HO 374.

Files on immigration are in HO 394 ; of the Immigration Branch in HO 355 ; concerning Commonwealth immigration, in HO 344 ; on racial disadvantage, in HO 376 ; on immigration and community relations in HO 390 ; and on community development in HO 389.

Aliens Department Operational Post Reports are in HO 481.

Economic Planning (EC Symbol Series) files are in HO 497.

• Home Office, Aliens Department (B Department), 1913-1962
• Home Office, Aliens Office, 1793-1836
• Home Office, Community Programmes and Equal Opportunities Department, 1977-1977
• Home Office, Community Programmes Department, 1972-1977
• Home Office, Community Relations Department, 1970-1972
• Home Office, Department S, 1904-1913
• Home Office, Domestic Department, 1782-1913
• Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Department, 1962-1962

Topics

Refugees

Internment

Migration

Race relations

Food and drink

Nationality

Africa

Aliens and Immigration, Denization and Naturalisation

The Aliens Acts 1793 and 1798 established a system of registration of aliens by means of declarations signed by aliens at ports of entry and certified into the Home Office by customs officers or local agents. Aliens had to secure passports from the Secretary of State in order to leave London, and might be restricted to certain ports of entry and to certain areas of residence inland. In 1793 a Superintendent of Aliens was appointed, and his department was soon known as the Aliens Office. From 1796 there were inspectors at nominated ports of entry, and by 1805 the Superintendent had three assistants.