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Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
The European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) - which countries are in the EU and EEA, the single market and free movement of goods, capital, services and people
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
How your personal information is used within the borders, immigration and citizenship system.
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.
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
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.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
You can no longer apply for a new electronic visa waiver (EVW). Find out what to do if you have an existing EVW
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
How to apply for citizenship by naturalisation if you are living in the UK.
Information for student and worker sponsors, including full policy guidance, using the sponsorship management system and how to get help.
How you can show you know English when you apply for citizenship and to settle in the UK, and when you do not have to
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
How to provide evidence of your UK residence if we can’t confirm this through an automated check of UK tax and some benefits records.
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