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Revision as of 15:07, 24 June 2006
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) is the United Kingdom regulator of the immigration advice industry whose powers stem from the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004.
The OISC is responsible for:
- regulating immigration advisers in accordance with the Commissioner's Code of Standards and Rules;
- processing applications for registration or exemption from immigration advisers;
- maintaining and publishing the register of advisers;
- promoting good practice by immigration advisers;
- receiving and handling complaints about immigration advisers; and
- taking criminal proceedings against advisers who are acting illegally