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Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
How to apply for British citizenship if you're stateless - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Getting a UK background check so you can apply for Global Entry and get through USA border control faster: how to apply, how much it costs
Track the status and progress of your student finance application using your online account to make sure your money is ready for starting your course.
Apply to start qualifying as an approved driving instructor (ADI) with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Ask HMRC to confirm that you, or if you’re an employer, your employee pays only UK National Insurance contributions whilst working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Supports effective delivery of planning application process.
Apply for your first adult British passport - who can apply, how long it takes, costs, how to apply, documents you need, passport interviews
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’
How to apply for free childcare if you're working.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Charity Worker visa to do unpaid charity work - eligibility, documents, family members
Guidance on the 150-day assessment timeline for high-quality marketing authorisation applications including information on how to apply.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Apply for a Skilled Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 General work visa) if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children, taking on additional...
Apply to extend your Investor visa (Tier 1) or bring your family.
Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.
This guidance sets out how the MHRA is handling centralised applications that were still pending on 1 January 2021.
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