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UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
When you arrive in the UK, you’ll need to bring extra documentation…
Check what documents you’ll need to enter the UK. Provide your contact…
Your passport or identity card will be checked. You must: have your…
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…
You need to self-isolate in the place you’re staying for the first 10 days…
‘Travel corridors’ will be suspended from 4am on 18 January. Read the…
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.
If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family can apply to…
Except in a few cases, you need to apply if: you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss…
The rights and status of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK by 31…
If you’re an EU, EEA, or Swiss citizen and you started living in the UK by…
Each child must have their own application. You can apply for your child…
You can apply using any device, for example, a laptop, Android device or…
You can apply to join your EU, EEA or Swiss family member if they started…
You can apply if you have a family member who is an eligible person of…
The process of applying to the EU Settlement Scheme is different if you…
You and your family members can get settled status with less than 5 years’…
Get proof of your immigration status if you have been told you can view your immigration status online, for example if you have settled or pre-settled status.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Most EU, EEA and Swiss citizens need to apply to continue living in the UK. Use this tool to find out what you need to do and when.
There are different ways to apply for British citizenship, including ‘naturalisation’. Check your eligibility to apply.
How to contact UK visas and immigration (UKVI) from inside and outside the UK.
How to provide evidence that you’ve been living in the UK by 31 December 2020, if we can’t confirm this through an automated check of UK tax and some benefits records.
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 …
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
The home of UK Visas and Immigration on GOV.UK. UK Visas and Immigration is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national se…
This is advice for visa customers and applicants in the UK, visa customers outside of the UK and British nationals overseas who need to apply for a passport affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus.
Use this official service for booking a Life in the UK Test as part of your application for citizenship or settlement
Give permission to an employer to check your right to work details: the types of job you're allowed to do, when your right to work expires.
Current expected processing times for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.
Compare visas to visit, work, study or join a family member already in the UK. How to apply and what the decision on your application means.
Get a family permit if you want to join your family or partner in the UK and they're from the European Economic Area (EEA) - eligibility, cost
How your personal information is used within the borders, immigration and citizenship system.
Apply for British citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
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