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Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.
Apply to come to the UK as a representative of a news agency, newspaper or news agency and you’re from outside the EEA and Switzerland - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, extend and switch.
Visit the UK for medical treatment - check if you’re eligible and if you need a visa, what visa to apply for, what to do when you travel to the UK.
The Ukraine Family Scheme closed at 3pm on 19 February 2024. You can no longer apply under this scheme.
Apply to study English language in the UK with a Short-term study visa. Check fees, eligibility, documents you need and how to apply.
Apply for a Graduate Trainee visa if you are on a graduate trainee programme and you want to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, bring your partner and children.
Apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you’re from a participating country - fees, eligibility, how to apply.
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
Income required to bring family to the UK increased as final measure of package to reduce legal migration comes into force.
Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
Partner, spouse, dependant and family member visas and permits
Apply for a Temporary Work - Charity Worker visa to do unpaid charity work - eligibility, documents, family members
Apply for a Graduate route visa if you’ve been on a student visa and want to stay in the UK to work - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, bring your partner and children.
The Ukraine Extension Scheme allowed you to stay in the UK if you were Ukrainian or the close family member of a Ukrainian national.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Denmark, including guidance on residency, passports and travel, and working.
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