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UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Your identity document (for example your passport or identity card) will…
Check what documents you’ll need to enter the UK. You’re a British citizen…
You’ll need to show your identity document, such as your passport or…
You must co-operate if you’re stopped and asked about your baggage. If you…
Passing through a UK airport while on the way to another country is called…
Get on the electoral register so you can vote in elections and referendums.
Indefinite leave to remain or enter the UK if your relationship has broken down because of domestic violence or abuse - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
You may be able to apply for permission to settle in the UK permanently if…
Whether you can get permission to settle in the UK permanently (indefinite…
You must apply online. You can include any eligible children on your…
You can apply from outside the UK if you’ve been abandoned. You must apply…
You can apply for your children to settle in the UK with you if one of the…
After you submit your application you’ll be asked to provide your…
Apply for a Temporary Work – International Agreement visa if you're working under international law (including diplomatic households) - extend or switch, family members
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
How Business e-services customers can submit a unilateral notice on e-UN1 through the portal.
Submit HM Land Registry applications in the portal, reducing errors and requisitions.
Find out about safety and security requirements that apply to goods entering and exiting the UK.
Entry into enclosed spaces onboard ships is sometimes a necessary but dangerous work activity. This guidance outlines regulations and provides information and advice on how to identify an enclosed space and how to reduce the risk to life.
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
Apply for the Registered Traveller service to get through UK border control faster and without filling in a landing card
The EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their families to remain in the UK after it leaves the EU ('Brexit'): who's eligible, how to apply, how much it costs.
When and how to appeal against a visa, asylum or immigration decision - appeals to the immigration and asylum tribunal, administrative review, fees, forms, further submissions
Information about the UK’s points-based immigration system for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
Information for people travelling to the UK from Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man, and information for people passing through the UK on the way to Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man.
Find out how to protect your details, how to report fraud and what HMRC does to help keep you safe online.
If you are moving goods into Great Britain, into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, or into Northern Ireland from outside the EU, you'll need to make an entry summary declaration.
Find technical information about the VAT reverse charge if you buy or sell building and construction services.
Details of administrative agreements relating to VAT on certain specific transactions between members of trade bodies and HMRC.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
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