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You can apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa if your child attends an independent school in the UK.
How to open a Junior ISA for your child - including managing and adding money to an account.
Use this form to ask the court to determine someone's parentage and to give your summary of why you think your application is necessary.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Guidance for ISA managers about how to operate the Junior ISAs scheme rules.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
What you need to do if you need to leave your children in the care of your sponsor, or if you can't travel with your children to the UK.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Complete this form to register a child's birth if both parents can't go in person to the register office
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Information for learners and parents about their personal learning record and unique learner number
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
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