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Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
Information and guidance on handling visa applicant's medical issues.
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
Appeal against a visa, settlement or asylum decision, immigration status problems
New proposals will further crackdown on student visas, ensuring only genuine students can come to the UK; route will be kept under review.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
When and how you can ask for your visa decision to be reviewed (known as an 'administrative review') - eligibility, forms and when to appeal instead
Apply for a Temporary Work – International Agreement visa if you're working under international law (including diplomatic households) - extend or switch, family members
Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply
Latest FCDO travel advice for British Virgin Islands including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children
Complain to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) about applications, appointments and decisions or follow up an existing complaint
FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
What happens at a Service and Support Centre appointment, how long they take and where to find centres.
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs
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