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Form to apply for leave to remain as a stateless person and for a biometric immigration document.
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
Factsheet giving details of the measures contained in the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you are the partner of a person, or parent of a child, who is present and settled in the UK.
General provisions regarding entry clearance, leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom (paragraphs 7 to 39E).
How to apply for a document to travel outside the UK if you're not British and you cannot use or get your own national passport.
Immigration staff guidance explaining how to calculate the 5 year continuous lawful period in the UK requirement for an applicant.
You can apply for indefinite leave to remain if you're in the UK on a Turkish Worker visa or a Turkish Businessperson visa.
Form to apply for an extension of stay or indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you were refused asylum but given discretionary leave to stay in the UK.
Ways to settle in the UK, indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and routes to British citizenship
Biometric residence permits (BRP) - what they are, personal data, how to report problems.
There are different ways to apply for British citizenship, including ‘naturalisation’. Check your eligibility to apply.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.
Find out how and when to apply for settled status now that the UK has left the EU.
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