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Apply for a UK Expansion Worker visa to set up a branch of an overseas business - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
Imposing safeguard measures for imports of certain steel products.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
Find out how you can import goods with a specific authorised use and pay less duty.
The UK's regulatory framework for strategic export controls and the circumstances where you might need an export licence.
Our standard list of nationalities and countries.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
Use these forms if you import, export, or move goods through the UK.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
You can use a SIEL to make shipments of specified military or dual-use items to a named consignee and/or end user.
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Norway and how to get one if you do.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
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