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Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China for your UK visa application.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Guidance on what public funds are and whether you are able to receive help from them while you are living in the UK.
Guidance for employers on employing someone outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how to handle exemptions for visa applications made outside the UK.
How to vary an application for permission to stay in the UK if you now want to apply for a different purpose. For example, to change from student to skilled worker.
Guidance for EU Settlement Scheme applicants in or outside the UK who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus.
Information on accessing healthcare for citizens from EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland living in or moving to the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on nationality law and common problems you might encounter with applications.
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
If you believe your immigration status is wrong, and it has stopped you accessing work, benefits or services, you can ask the Home Office to check it.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications.
Information for UK and Irish citizens on their rights under the Common Travel Area arrangements (CTA).
Guide to the sponsorship documents that businesses and educational institutions must keep.
Template letter to help resolve a dispute before court proceedings are started in relation to immigration and nationality decisions (the 'pre-action protocol').
Check the national pay scales for teaching and education leadership jobs eligible for the Skilled Worker, Health and Care or certain Global Business Mobility visas.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications for naturalisation as a British citizen.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria for your UK visa application.
The Home Office has announced further details of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
Information on the application registration card (ARC) issued to asylum claimants.
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