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Press offices


This page shows the contact details for our regional press officers, who deal with enquiries from the media only. If you are a journalist and you have a media-related enquiry, please see the contact details below.

Our press officers cannot answer any other enquiries, such as individual applications to live or work in the United Kingdom. If your enquiry is about immigration, asylum, citizenship, residency, making an application, extending your visa or working in the United Kingdom, please contact the relevant contact centre. If you have any other enquiry or if you want to make a complaint, please see our contact directory for more information.


  • Home Office newsdesk

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency from national, international and trade media.

    Phone:  020 7035 3535

  • East of England press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in the East of England.

    Phone:  01279 336956

  • Greater Manchester press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in Greater Manchester.

    Phone:  0161 261 1099

  • London and South East press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in London and south-east England.

    Phone:  020 8760 8050

  • Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria.

    Phone:  0151 237 0423

  • Midlands press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in the Midlands.

    Phone:  0121 713 3338

  • North East, Yorkshire and the Humber press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber.

    Phone:  0114 207 2844

  • Scotland and Northern Ireland press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

    Phone:  0141 555 1231

  • Wales and South West press office

    For media enquiries about the UK Border Agency in Wales and south-west England.

    Phone:  029 2092 4665