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Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
List of fees for consular information in the USA.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
Check a list of software developers who can provide Customs Declaration Service and Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) software.
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.
You can get an exempt vignette if you do not normally need a visa - state visits, diplomats, consulate workers.
FCDO travel advice for the Dominican Republic. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
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.
What you need to do to work and operate in the aviation industry.
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.
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