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Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.

• Updated: 12 February 2025

Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.

• Overview

  You can apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the UK if you’re a…

• Documents you'll need to apply

  When you apply you’ll need to provide: a valid passport or other document…

• Apply from outside the UK

  The way you apply for a Global Talent visa depends on your circumstances.…

• Your partner and children

  Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…

• Extend your visa

  You can usually apply to extend your stay in the UK if either: you applied…

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Global Talent visa if…

Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.

• Overview

  Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee’s needs, for…

• Types of flexible working

  There are different ways of working flexibly. Job sharing Two people do…

• Applying for flexible working

  Employees can apply for flexible working from their first day in a job.…

• After the application

  Employers must consider flexible working requests in a ‘reasonable…

• Appeals

  Employees no longer have a statutory right to an appeal but may still be…

Apply for an India Young Professionals Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you're an Indian citizen aged 18 to 30 - eligibility, fees, documents.

Compare visas to visit, work, study or join a family member already in the UK. How to apply and what the decision on your application means.

Apply for British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.

How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.

• Updated: 25 March 2025

A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.

Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.

What to do before you apply, and how to apply for a licence yourself or through your employer.

• Updated: 2 July 2024