International Visits Control Office

• To assist UK Defence Contractors in obtaining visit clearance
• To establish and maintain records of the staff cleared for overseas visits
• To act as a focal point to ascertain the permitted levels of access to UK Protectively Marked material allowed by foreign nationals
• To simplify the procedures for issuing Security Assurances and for transmitting them to the appropriate authorities

• Inward - Visits to the UK ...Visits by all foreign nationals to UK Defence Contractor Sites, MOD (HQ) Buildings and MOD Agencies
• Outward - Visits from the UK ...Visits by security cleared UK nationals to overseas government, contractor and military sites

CONTACTING IVCO

• You should only contact IVCO desk officers to hasten existing visit requests if it is absolutely vital to do so. The priority is being given to processing requests rather than dealing with telephone calls. Each telephone call will hold-up visit processing.
  
• Applications for inward and outward visits will be dealt with in strict rotation. Please ensure that your Request for Visit (RfV) Application forms are submitted fully and correctly completed and don’t submit visit requests which fall out with the agreed timescales.
  
• Avoid emergency Visit Requests unless they really are cases of genuine emergency.
  
• Please only contact the IVCO office in emergencies all other queries can be sent by e-mail to Desinfra-IVCO@mod.uk or fax 0117 9134924.
  
• Our opening hours are: Mon-Thur 11:00 to 16:00 and Fri 10:00 to 15:00 Closed everyday between 12:00 and 13:00

Your co-operation is greatly appreciated and will help us all.