Lunar House

It is situated at 40 Wellesley Road, on its east side, and houses the headquarters of UK Visas and Immigration, a division of the Home Office in the United Kingdom.

In the summer of 2004, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons conducted unannounced inspections of short-term holding facilities attached to immigration reporting centres, and found particular problems at Lunar House: "Lunar House is the main route through which families are detained at Oakington Reception Centre.

In spite of this, it had inadequate child protection procedures, and staff were not alert to the need to ensure that agreed safeguards on the detention of children were implemented.

In 2006, the Home Office announced that it would investigate claims of a "sex-for-visas" scheme operated from Lunar House.

Most applications are granted on Biometric Residence Permit cards which are not produced at the office, but generated separately and sent to customers by courier.