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• Get a DNA test

  DNA testing can be used in child maintenance or inheritance disputes, or applications for contact with a child or for a child to settle in the UK

  • Overview

    A DNA test can be used to either: prove that 2 people definitely are not…

  • If you’re getting a test to use in court

    You must use an accredited testing laboratory. If you do not, the results…

  • If the Child Maintenance Service orders you to get a test

    If you’re ordered to get a test by the Child Maintenance Service, they’ll…

  • If you’re giving DNA evidence to the Home Office

    There are different requirements if you’re getting a test to prove a…

  • If someone refuses a DNA test

    The person carrying out the test can only take a DNA sample if they have…

• Preparing for the Casework Skills Test

  Guidance for job applicants who have been invited to complete the Casework Skills Test.

  • Updated: 18 August 2023
• Functional Standards writing style guide
  • Updated: 30 September 2024
• Great British Insulation Scheme: willingness to co-fund: a discrete choice experiment - Appendices
  • Updated: 30 March 2023
• Return to the UK if you had indefinite leave to remain

  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
• Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome: options after a higher chance screening result

  Information for pregnant women with singleton (having only one baby) and twin pregnancies who have received a higher-chance result from the combined or quadruple screening test

  • Updated: 5 February 2025
• Sub-surface unsuitability screening

  Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.

  • Updated: 28 January 2013
• Knowledge of specific facts about pension freedoms
  • Updated: 16 April 2019
• Check if you can get indefinite leave to remain

  There are different ways to apply for indefinite leave to remain (settle in the UK) - check if you're eligible
• UKSPF: Local Survey Tool
  • Updated: 16 April 2025