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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.
How to meet your new sponsor and their family, while staying safe online. Also information about how to stay safe in the UK.
Form to apply to extend your stay if you have lived in the UK lawfully for a minimum of 10 continuous years.
Get a replacement log book (V5C) if the original has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, or you have not received one for your new vehicle.
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 …
Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.
How long you can stay in the EU or Schengen area without a visa, when you travel from the UK.
Form CH12: Stay for alternative dispute resolution.
Tell Companies House about a court order staying or sisting proceedings in a winding up by the court, for a company registered in Scotland.
Form to apply to stay as child under 18 of a non-parent relative with protection status in the UK but who has not yet settled.
Tell Companies House about a court order staying or sisting proceedings in a creditors' voluntary liquidation (CVL), or members' voluntary liquidation (MVL), winding up of a Scottish company.
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 protection.
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
Form PF167: Order to stay proceedings under Section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (rule 62.8).
Apply for a Student visa to study in the UK if you're 16 or over - eligibility, extend or switch your visa, how much it costs and how long it takes
Information on eVisas and why you need one.
Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.
Find out how and when to apply for settled status now that the UK has left the EU.
Appendix ECAA: Extension of Stay
…Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) helps people in England and Wales to stay in control of decisions about their health and finance and make important decisions for others who cannot decide for themselves.
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