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Work in the UK

Find the right work visa

• Check if you need a UK visa

Long-term work visas

• General work visa (Tier 2)
• Intra-company Transfer visa (Tier 2)
• Minister of Religion visa (Tier 2)
• Sportsperson visa (Tier 2)

Short-term work visas

• Temporary Worker - Charity Worker visa (Tier 5)
• Temporary Worker - Creative and Sporting visa (Tier 5)
• Temporary Worker - Government Authorised Exchange visa (Tier 5)
• Temporary Worker - International Agreement visa (Tier 5)
• Temporary Worker - Religious Worker visa (Tier 5)
• Temporary Worker - Seasonal Worker Visa (Tier 5)
• Youth Mobility Scheme visa (Tier 5)

Investor, business development and talent visas

• Innovator visa
• Start-up visa
• Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1)
• Global Talent visa
• Exceptional Talent visa (Tier 1)
• Graduate Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1)
• Investor visa (Tier 1)

Other work visas and exemptions

• UK Ancestry visa
• Get an exempt vignette
• Domestic Workers in a Private Household visa
• Representative of an Overseas Business visa
• Turkish Businessperson visa
• Turkish Worker visa

Sponsors and sponsorship

• Employees: if your visa sponsor loses their licence
• UK visa sponsorship for employers
• UK visa sponsorship management system
• View a job applicant's right to work details

Detailed guidance

• Visas and immigration operational guidance

Visas and immigration

• What you need to do

  Check if you need a UK visa, apply, manage your application, biometric residence permits

• EU, EEA and Commonwealth citizens

  Settled and pre-settled status for EU citizens, EEA family permits, UK Ancestry visa

• Visit the UK

  Visit for a holiday, business or a short stay (up to 6 months), airport transit visas

• Study in the UK

  Short-term study visas and visas for longer courses, degrees and independent schools

• Work in the UK

  Paid and voluntary work, entrepreneur and investor visas

• Family in the UK

  Partner, spouse and family member visas and permits

• Live permanently in the UK

  Ways to settle in the UK and routes to British citizenship

• Seek protection or asylum

  Claiming asylum as a refugee, the asylum process and support

• Immigration appeals and status problems

  Appeal against a visa, settlement or asylum decision, immigration status problems

• Travelling to the UK

  Moving your belongings, going through customs and tax

All categories

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• Births, deaths, marriages and care
• Business and self-employed
• Childcare and parenting
• Citizenship and living in the UK
• Crime, justice and the law
• Disabled people
• Driving and transport
• Education and learning
• Employing people
• Environment and countryside
• Housing and local services
• Money and tax
• Passports, travel and living abroad
• Visas and immigration
• Working, jobs and pensions