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What to do if you're visiting the UK for a holiday or to see family or friends: check if you’re eligible, if you need a visa, and what to do before you visit.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Apply for a Temporary Work - Charity Worker visa to do unpaid charity work - eligibility, documents, family members
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.
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
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
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.
Apply for an Overseas Domestic Worker visa if you've worked for your employer for at least a year - eligibility, fees, knowledge of English, your employment rights
Find out how internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing
Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
When and how to appeal against a visa, asylum or immigration decision - appeals to the immigration and asylum tribunal, administrative review, fees, forms, further submissions
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Apply to extend your Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1), bring your family.
Apply for the Registered Traveller service to get through UK border control faster and without filling in a landing card
How to come back to the UK to live if you were previously settled (given indefinite leave to remain) - find out if you need a Returning Resident visa
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