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Apply to extend your Investor visa (Tier 1) or bring your family.
Compare visas to visit, work, study or join a family member already in the UK. How to apply and what the decision on your application means.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Get a visa fee waiver if you’re applying for permission to stay in the UK and you cannot afford to pay the application fee. Apply if you're joining a partner or parent, as a refugee or if you have humanitarian...
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.
How to transfer your visa from an old passport to a new passport or biometric residence permit, or replace your visa.
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
Information on eVisas and why you need one.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Bulgaria and how to get one if you do.
Visa data by local authority in separate tables for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
Tech Nation has become part of Founders Forum Group and will continue to assess digital technology applications for the Global Talent visa.
Apply to extend your Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1), bring your family.
Super priority visa service information for human rights claims, leave outside the rules and private life applications made in the UK.
Apply for a Graduate Trainee visa if you are on a graduate trainee programme and you want to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, bring your partner and children.
Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.
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
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