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Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Actions developed by the Five Country Ministerial to counter online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Indefinite leave to remain or enter the UK if your relationship has broken down because of domestic violence or abuse - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
Read the key learning from our trial of age verification technology to protect children from harm in the sale of alcohol.
Government amendments to the Online Safety Bill will bolster protections for children, empower adults and make it easier to put online abusers behind bars.
You can apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa if your child attends an independent school in the UK.
DNA testing can be used in child maintenance or inheritance disputes, or applications for contact with a child or for a child to settle in the UK
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to create anonymous or multiple accounts.
If you want to claim Universal Credit you must verify your identity. This guide for claimants and people supporting them explains how to do that.
What Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks you need to have in place and how Ofsted will check the use of the DBS checks and certificates on inspection.
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
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