We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Expanding Our Commitment to Leave No One Behind
Apply to come to the UK as a representative of a news agency, newspaper or news agency and you’re from outside the EEA and Switzerland - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, extend and switch.
Informative note about registering a child with one or two surnames.
Check for any known problems creating, signing in or resetting your user ID or password.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Set up a UKVI account and access your eVisa if you have a biometric residence permit (BRP).
Guidance on the pre-employment screening of civil servants, members of the armed forces, temporary staff and government contractors.
FCDO travel advice for China. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).