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Get proof of your immigration status if you have been told you can view your immigration status online, for example if you have settled or pre-settled status.

Give permission to an employer to check your right to work details: the types of job you're allowed to do, when your right to work expires.

Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.

• Overview

  You can visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study…

• Visit on business

  You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to do the following business…

• Visit to study

  You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: study at an accredited…

• Visit as an academic

  If you’re from an academic institution overseas, you can: take part in…

• Visit for medical reasons

  You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: have private medical treatment…

• If you're under 18

  You may visit the UK if you’re under 18 and: you’ve made suitable…

• Apply for a Standard Visitor visa

  If you need a Standard Visitor visa, you must apply online before you…

• When you can extend your stay

  You may be able to extend your stay if you have permission to be in the UK…

You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

Check a job applicant's right to work details to see if they're eligible to work in the UK.

How to contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) for help with your application or immigration account, from inside and outside the UK.

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.

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 …

The home of UK Visas and Immigration on GOV.UK. 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 se…

• Updated: 7 February 2019

Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.

• Updated: 23 March 2023

The EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their families to remain in the UK after it leaves the EU ('Brexit'): who's eligible, how to apply, how much it costs.

Keep your UK Visas and Immigration account details up to date - your mobile phone number, email address, name, identity document and UK address

Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country

Prove and share details of your right to rent in England if you have a biometric residence card or permit, settled or pre-settled status, or you applied for a visa and used the ‘UK Immigration: ID Check’ app to scan your ide…

Apply for a Health and Care Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 Health and Care visa) if you're a medical professional who's been offered a job with the NHS, an NHS supplier or in adult social care - eligibility, fees, …

Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.

Apply for an India Young Professionals Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you're an Indian citizen aged 18 to 30 - eligibility, fees, documents.

List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.

• Updated: 24 March 2023

Use this official service for booking a Life in the UK Test as part of your application for citizenship or settlement

Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.