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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.
Home Office response to the ICIBI’s inspection of the Home Office’s processing of family visas.
Holme House is a men’s prison in Stockton on Tees, northeast England.
How to provide evidence that you're a family member of an EEA or Swiss citizen or person of Northern Ireland.
Apply for an injunction if you've been a victim of domestic abuse - non-molestation or occupation orders - who can apply, serving documents and attending a hearing.
Non-military housing options and advice available to serving personnel who are not seeking or due to leave service
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members to come to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
Home Office response to a report on the family returns process by the Independent Family Returns Panel for 2019 to 2020.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
If you’re travelling abroad, it's important to take out appropriate travel insurance before you go.
If you're under 18, you cannot usually rent your own home, but you'll be on the priority list for council housing - your rights and what happens if you want to leave home
How to meet your new sponsor and their family, while staying safe online. Also information about how to stay safe in the UK.
How to asses whether your pupils or students need help accessing the internet and resources available to help with access and safeguarding.
This page provides information about some of the actions you may need to take if you are a UK national living abroad and you are returning to the UK permanently.
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
The family procedure rules are a single set of rules governing the practice and procedure in family proceedings in the high court, county courts and magistrates' courts.
Apply for a British National (Overseas) visa (known as a BNO visa) to live, work and study in the UK if you or a family member are from Hong Kong and registered as a British national (overseas).
What rights children under the scheme have to education, and the role of councils in providing it. Information on childcare options.
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