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This collection contains immigration staff guidance on migrants who are family members of UK residents.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control
If your partner is outside the UK and you do not have children, check the…
Your tax credits will stop if you expect to be away for one year or more.…
You may continue to get tax credits if you’re a Crown servant posted…
You must have been living in the UK for 3 months before you were eligible…
You may continue to get tax credits if you regularly travel from: another…
You usually cannot get tax credits if you’re ‘subject to immigration…
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have permission to stay as a refugee, humanitarian protection or Discretionary Leave - fees, who's eligible, family members, how to apply.
You can apply for indefinite leave to remain if you're in the UK on a Turkish Worker visa or a Turkish Businessperson visa.
Apply for a British National (Overseas) visa (known as a BNO visa) to live, work and study in the UK if you or a family member are from Hong Kong and registered as a British national (overseas).
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
Tax and customs on personal belongings when you move to the UK permanently or temporarily - shipping, tax and duty
This page provides information about some of the actions you may need to take if you are a UK national living abroad and you are returning to the UK permanently.
Find out if there's a family hub in your local area. Family hubs are a single place to get support for children, young people and families. This can include baby groups and parent classes, counselling services and financial advice.
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Information on accessing healthcare for citizens from EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland living in or moving to the UK.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Denmark, including guidance on residency, passports and travel, and working.
Official information British people moving to and living in the United States of America (USA) need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.
When you can share information about your case, what you can share and what to do if someone else shares information.
A guide for Service families about applying for, maintaining, moving in and out of and living in UK Service Family Accommodation (SFA).
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
How to meet your new sponsor and their family, while staying safe online. Also information about how to stay safe in the UK.
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
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