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Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Skilled Worker.
Apply to study English language in the UK with a Short-term study visa. Check fees, eligibility, documents you need and how to apply.
Form to tell UK Visas and Immigration about changes since you arrived in the UK.
Form to apply to stay in the UK on the basis of your family life as a partner, parent or dependent child or on the basis of your private life in the UK.
This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.
When you need to attend a citizenship ceremony - how to book, how much it costs, what happens during the ceremony.
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
You must check that a tenant or lodger can legally rent your residential property in England.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
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.
Apply for British citizenship if you were born in the UK - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Apply for asylum to stay in the UK as a refugee - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, screening, asylum interview, help you can get, children
You can no longer apply for a new electronic visa waiver (EVW). Find out what to do if you have an existing EVW
When and how you can ask for your visa decision to be reviewed (known as an 'administrative review') - eligibility, forms and when to appeal instead
Guidance to register a child under 18 as a British citizen.
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
How to transfer your visa from an old passport to a new passport or biometric residence permit, or replace your visa.
Register a child under 18 as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders
A collection of application forms for British nationality and to obtain evidence to the right of abode in the UK.
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