Lunar House

Lunar House is a 20-storey office block at 40 Wellesley Road, Croydon, on the east side, and houses the headquarters of the UK Border Agency, an executive agency of the Home Office in the United Kingdom. The building's name has become synonymous with the UKBA, and is perceived by the British public as the front line of Britain's immigration service as the main Public Enquiry Office (PEO) is based here. During the 1970s and 1980s the building housed some offices of the Property Services Agency.

In common with another government office building on Wellesley Road, Apollo House, the name of the building was inspired by the Apollo moon missions.

Public Enquiry Office

The Public Enquiry Offices offer a same-day service, at a premium fee, for considering straightforward applications for permission to extend your stay in the United Kingdom or stay in the country permanently (known as 'leave to remain' and 'settlement'). They cannot consider complex applications.

Most applications can be considered with the leave to remain endorsed into the passport and returned on the same day in a process that normally lasts approximately 3 hours. However some applications cannot be considered on the same day due to complication that may arise.

It also provides a number of services including Return of Documents and general enquiry for the public.

External links

* [http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk Border and Immigration Agency]
*A note on the recent [http://www.hadenyoung.co.uk/popup.php?id=135 refurbishment] of the building
*2005 Report - [http://www.londoncitizens.org.uk/files/Lunar%20House%20Final%203.pdf A Humane Service for Global Citizens ] - by South London Citizens Enquiry into Service Provision by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate at Lunar House.List of all UK Public Enquiry Office [http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/contact/contactspage/peos/]