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Apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you’re from a participating country - fees, eligibility, how to apply.

• Overview

  You can apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa if you: want to live and…

• Eligibility

  If you’re from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Korea You can…

• Documents you must provide

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

• Apply

  Check which documents you’ll need to apply. You’ll also have to pay the…

• Extend your visa

  You can only apply to extend your Youth Mobility Scheme visa if you’re…

• Updated: 5 November 2024

Child Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border

Non-military housing options and advice available to serving personnel who are not seeking or due to leave service

• Updated: 4 July 2023

This series brings together all statistical releases relating to the youth cohort study.

• Updated: 7 July 2011

Information about the Local Youth Transformation Pilot (LYTP) including its aims, delivery model and participating local authorities.

• Updated: 26 September 2025

Awarding the Youth Engagement Grant 2021 to 2022

• Updated: 13 October 2021

Find out about the help for Universal Credit claimants aged 16 to 24 to find a job, work-related training or an apprenticeship though the Youth Offer.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.

• Updated: 17 July 2025

Youth crime prevention programmes - how young people are put on a programme, what they're like, mentoring and involving parents and families.