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Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Act was passed on 1 May 2012, find out how the act works for DNA and fingerprints.
Detention services order 15/2012 on fingerprinting detained individuals in immigration detention centres.
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
What to do when you arrive in the UK if you have a visa, don't have a visa or have a biometric residence permit.
Information about what it means to have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK, also known as settlement.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
This document sets out the policy governing the international exchange of data held on forensic information databases under the FIND Strategy Board’s remit.
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Who can apply to the scheme, how the application process works, and the checks that authorities must complete.
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