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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...
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.
Apply to visit, work, study, settle or seek asylum 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.
Keep your UK Visas and Immigration account details up to date - your mobile phone number, email address, name, identity document and UK address
Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK
Report someone who you think may be living or working in the UK illegally, employing someone illegally
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.
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
Information on using your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account to prove your rights in the UK and keep your details up to date.
Statement of changes in Immigration Rules: 1994 to 2024.
A collection of the current Immigration Rules.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Rollout of new transformative legal migration measures begins, with new restrictions set to relieve the burden on British taxpayers and public services
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
Search for someone to help you with advice and applications to stay in the UK - free and paid-for services, adviser levels 1, 2, 3 and complaints.
Find out how to prove your right to work in the UK to an employer. Get an online share code to prove your right to work if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
This series brings together all documents relating to Immigration system statistics quarterly release.
When and how to appeal against a visa, asylum or immigration decision - appeals to the immigration and asylum tribunal, administrative review, fees, forms, further submissions
Information about Immigration Enforcement. Immigration Enforcement is part of the Home Office .
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