The Department of Inspection and Legal services is responsible for legal advisory services, inspection, investigations, detentions, prosecution, removal of undesirable immigrants from Uganda and processing appeals.

1. Inspections and Enforcement
   1. All Foreign nationals must move with a copy of their Passport and valid Immigration status.
   2. All dependants of foreign nationals must apply for the appropriate Immigration facilities.
   3. Foreign Nationals found to be working, staying or whose entry into the Country is unlawful may be deported, removed on organised departure and prosecuted.
   4. Foreign Nationals found to be working, staying or whose entry into the Country is unlawful may be surcharged.
2. Issuing and processing Immigration Bond
   1. Immigration Bond may be given to suspects and it's FREE.
3. Prosecution of Immigration Offenders
   1. All Foreign Nationals found to be working, staying or whose entry into the Country is unlawful may be prosecuted accordingly.
   2. Company Directors employing foreign nationals without valid facilities shall be prosecuted.
4. Carrying out Removals
   1. Through Organized Departures
   2. Effecting Deportation orders.
5. Detention Services
   1. Foreign Nationals working, staying or whose entry into the Country is unlawful may be detained in the Custody Center pending prosecution or removal from the Country.
6. Ensuring employers furnish returns
   1. Every employer shall furnish a return of all the non-citizens employed by him or her, to the Director, as required, every six months.
   2. Every hotel or lodge manager shall furnish a daily return to the Immigration Officer of the area, of all non-citizens accommodated by him or her.
   3. Any person whether a citizen or not who hosts any alien shall report the presence of that person to the nearest immigration office.
7. Processing Appeals
   1. Appeals for rejected facilities should be addressed to the Hon. Minister of Internal Affairs and submitted online via the Immigration Portal
   2. The Appeal should be made upon payment of the Appeal Fees and within Thirty (30) Days after the notification of the rejection of the application for the Immigration Facility.
   3. The Appeal fee should be paid in the Bank.
   4. Any Appeal made outside the thirty (30) day period should clearly state so and should be addressed to the Hon. Minister of Internal Affairs, with a request to appeal out of time.
   5. After appeal application, the Applicant’s passport should be submitted to the Department of Inspection and Legal services for the processing of the Appeal.
   6. Those foreign nationals who do not appeal against the rejected Immigration Facility should leave the Country with immediate effect. Failure to leave will mean that you're illegally in the country and the due process of the law will take course.
8. Legal advisory
   1. To offer legal advisory services to the Directorate and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.