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You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
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.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Religious Worker visa to do religious work in the UK - getting sponsored, fees, eligibility, family members
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Germany and how to get one if you do.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Apply for a Secondment Worker visa to work for a UK organisation as part of a high-value contract - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Information on embargoes on West African States and how to apply for an export licence.
Use supplementary pages SA109 to record your residence and domicile status on your SA100 Tax Return.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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