UK Visas and Immigration

Part of Home Office
  1. Check if you need a UK visa
  2. Visit the UK
  3. Work in the UK or sponsor a worker
  4. Study in the UK or sponsor a student
  5. Join your UK, EU, or EEA family member in the UK
  6. Live permanently in the UK and British Citizenship
  7. Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme
  8. Visas and immigration operational guidance

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News story

Home Office extends bereavement scheme to NHS support staff and social care workers

The bereavement scheme has been extended to the families and dependants of NHS support staff and social care workers who die as a result of contracting coronavirus (COVID-19).

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News story

NHS frontline workers visas extended so they can focus on fighting coronavirus

Doctors, nurses and paramedics with visas due to expire before 1 October 2020 will have them automatically extended for one year.

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Detailed guide

Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents

This is advice for visa customers and applicants in the UK, visa customers outside of the UK and British nationals overseas who need to apply for a passport affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus.

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Service

EU Settlement Scheme guidance

A guide to applying to the EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their families.

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Collection

Windrush

This page brings together all guidance and documents relating to the Windrush generation.

Latest from UK Visas and Immigration

  1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): Tier 4 sponsors, migrants and short-term students
    • Guidance
  2. Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for Tier 2, 4 and 5 sponsors
    • Detailed guide
  3. Family life (as a partner or parent), private life and exceptional circumstances
    • Guidance

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What UK Visas and Immigration does

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 who come here legally.

UKVI is part of the Home Office.

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Services

  1. Entering the UK
  2. View and prove your settled or pre-settled status
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Guidance and regulation

  1. Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents
    • Detailed guide
  2. Coronavirus (COVID-19): travellers exempt from UK border rules
    • Guidance
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. Home Office extends bereavement scheme to NHS support staff and social care workers
    • News story
  2. NHS frontline workers visas extended so they can focus on fighting coronavirus
    • News story
See all news and communications

Research and statistics

  1. Windrush Compensation Scheme independent review: the Adjudicator
    • Research
  2. Review of Tier 1 (General) settlement refusals
    • Research
See all research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

  1. Policy statement: section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016
    • Policy paper
  2. Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill: overarching documents
    • Policy paper
See all policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Customer service operations data: May 2020
    • Transparency
  2. Immigration Enforcement data: May 2020
    • Transparency
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our management

Abi Tierney
Abi Tierney
Director General, UK Visas and Immigration

Contact UKVI

Contact UK Visas and Immigration from outside or inside the UK

Contact Form: Contact UK Visas and Immigration from outside or inside the UK

Make a subject access request

Contact Form: Make a subject access request

Find out how to see the personal information that UK Visas and Immigration holds about you.

Report an immigration crime

Contact Form: Report an immigration crime

Immigration Enforcement hotline

0300 123 7000

In an emergency, dial 999 and ask for the police.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of Information requests

Direct communications unit
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

foirequests@homeoffice.gov.uk

Due to coronavirus (COVID-19), FOI requests should be sent by email to: foirequests@homeoffice.gov.uk.

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