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UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
You need to attend appointments at an immigration reporting centre if you do not have permission to stay in the UK: you could face penalties if you do not attend an appointment.
Controlled work forms for extension requests on hourly rates and graduated fee cases in immigration/asylum and non-immigration matters.
Information about subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) support for initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment.
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 on additional...
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.
Information on trade sanctions, arms embargoes and trade restrictions, including trade controls, transit controls and restrictions on terrorist organisations.
UK Visas and Immigration is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for people...
You can get an exempt vignette if you do not normally need a visa - state visits, diplomats, consulate workers.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British embassy in Thailand.
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
When and how to appeal against a visa, asylum or immigration decision - appeals to the immigration and asylum tribunal, administrative review, fees, forms, further submissions
This collection contains immigration staff guidance on general grounds for refusal.
This page outlines how guests can regularise their child’s immigration status in the UK through the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
FCDO travel advice for Honduras. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Immigration removal centres - addresses, contact details visiting hours
The Immigration Act will introduce new sanctions on illegal working, prevent illegal migrants accessing services and introduce new measures to enforce immigration laws.
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