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Browse: Work in the UK

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Find the right work visa

Check if you need a UK visa

Long-term work visas

Short-term work visas

Investor, business development and talent visas

Other work visas and exemptions

Sponsors and sponsorship

Detailed guidance

Visas and immigration operational guidance

Browse: Visas and immigration

What you need to do

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

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

Paid and voluntary work, entrepreneur and investor visas
Study in the UK

Short-term study visas and visas for longer courses, degrees and independent schools
Family in the UK

Partner, spouse and family member visas and permits
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

Settled and pre-settled status, family permits, Frontier Worker permit
Commonwealth citizens and British nationals (overseas)

BNO visa, right of abode, UK Ancestry visa
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