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Apply online to renew your 10-year driving licence, full or provisional - cost, payment methods, documents and information you need
You can use this account to view your driving record, check details of vehicles and set up vehicle tax reminders with DVLA.
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
Apply for a Skilled Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 General work visa) if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children, taking …
Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
The EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their families to remain in the UK after it leaves the EU ('Brexit'): who's eligible, how to apply, how much it costs.
Apply for a Health and Care Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 Health and Care visa) if you're a medical professional who's been offered a job with the NHS, an NHS supplier or in adult social care - eligibility, fees, …
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
The home of HM Courts & Tribunals Service on GOV.UK. HM Courts and Tribunals Service is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales.
Apply for your first adult British passport - who can apply, how long it takes, costs, how to apply, documents you need, passport interviews
Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility.
Appendix Child staying with or joining a Non-Parent Relative (Protection)
Controlled work forms for extension requests on hourly rates and graduated fee cases in immigration/asylum and non-immigration matters.
Get proof of your immigration status if you have been told you can view your immigration status online, for example if you have settled or pre-settled status.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
How you can show you know English when you apply for citizenship and to settle in the UK, and when you do not have to
What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.
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