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This collection contains immigration staff guidance about visitors.
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.
You can visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to do the following business…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: study at an accredited…
If you’re a scientist, researcher or academic you can: take part in formal…
You can visit the UK for certain paid engagements or events (a ‘permitted…
You can visit the UK for up to 6 months to: have private medical treatment…
You may visit the UK if you’re under 18 and: you’ve made suitable…
If you need a Standard Visitor visa, you must apply online before you…
You may be able to extend your stay if you have permission to be in the UK…
Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply
Principles to support decision making for those involved in safely planning and protecting visiting during outbreaks of infectious illness in adult social care.
Reasons for a support visit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Visiting Team, what to expect and how to check if the visitor is genuine
Reclaim VAT you've paid on goods and services bought in the UK to use in your business if you’re registered as a business outside the UK.
Portland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men aged 18 and over.
Information about what to do if your guest will temporarily be absent from the UK.
You can enter the UK as an S2 Healthcare Visitor if you have been authorised to receive planned healthcare in the UK under the ‘S2 arrangement' or you're accompanying or joining someone who is.
Information about how to make your guests feel more comfortable in their new home, set expectations about how to live together and communicate with your guests.
Immigration staff guidance about the different visitor categories for visiting the UK and how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases.
Forms for NHS visitor and migrant patients who may need to pay for their treatment.
Deerbolt is a prison and young offender institution near Barnard Castle, County Durham for men aged 18 and over.
Information and resources for NHS organisations, frontline staff and the public.
Maidstone is a prison in Maidstone, Kent, for foreign national men.
Customer service standards for visit and transit visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.
Forms for enquiring if NHS visitor and migrant patients need to pay for treatment and for declaring whether they will be treated before leaving the UK.
Sets out timelines for the NHS to improve systems that recover the cost of healthcare for migrants and visitors who use the NHS.
Information and resources for NHS trusts to help with the management and charging of overseas visitors and migrants.
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