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Eligible SOC 2020 occupation codes and going rates for Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility and Scale-up routes
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
Contact the HM Passport Office Webchat service
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Get Assisted Digital support with your online Home Office application
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
Who can apply, how to apply and contact details for criminal record checks overseas.
Contact information for the General Register Office
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a Skilled Worker, T2 or tier 2 visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Find a Passport Customer Service Centre for Fast Track and Premium service passport applications - offices are in Belfast, Birmingham, Durham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newport and Peterborough.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
How to use the Post Office passport Check and Send service for passport applications and renewals, what it costs, where you can use the service.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
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
Apply for British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
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