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Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children
A High Potential Individual (HPI) visa gives you permission to stay in the…
To be eligible for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you must have…
You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…
When you apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you’ll need to…
Before you apply, you must pay for Ecctis to check your qualification is…
You must apply online for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa. Check…
Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…
You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a High Potential…
Find out how to apply to become a child's special guardian.
You can apply to be a child’s special guardian when they cannot live with…
You can apply to be a child’s special guardian if you’re not their parent…
You can use a family mediator to help make arrangements with the child’s…
Within 10 days of receiving your application the court will send you a…
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can affect a child or…
Your child will get SEN support at their school or college. Your child may…
An education, health and care (EHC) plan is for children and young people…
Your child will move to an education, health and care (EHC) plan. This…
Apply for British citizenship in special circumstances - who may be eligible, fees and how to apply.
Find out about protection for disabled people from discrimination at work, in education or dealing with the police
Find out what rights and obligations you can transfer, if you can transfer or receive them and what to do after authorisation.
How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities completing returns for the 2024 and 2025 special educational needs person level survey (SEN2).
Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2024 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.
Use this form to appeal a local authority’s decision about a child or young person. Can be used by parents, those with parental responsibility, or by a young person aged 16 to 24.
Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) and special constables - roles, powers and how they differ
If you're terminally ill and might not live longer than 12 months, you may be able to get some benefits at a higher rate.
We’re responsible for handling appeals against local authority decisions regarding special educational needs, including a refusal to: assess a child or young person’s educational, health and care (EHC) needs reassess their EHC needs issue an EHC plan change what’s in...
A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
Use this form to appeal a local authority’s decision not to secure an EHC needs assessment of a child or young person. This form can be used by parents or those with parental responsibility, or by a young person aged...
Councils are to receive a record £850 million cash boost to ensure children across the country receive an education that meets their needs.
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