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Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in South Korea for your UK visa application.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you have certain other types of British nationality.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia for your UK visa application.
Guidance to help students through passport control when arriving at the UK Border.
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Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Minister of Religion or Religious Worker.
Examples of the evidence you must send us to extend your Global Talent permission or to apply for settlement.
Organisations funded to provide free support to vulnerable and at-risk people who need help with creating their UKVI account and getting access to their eVisa.
Guidance for employers on how to avoid discrimination when carrying out right to work checks.
A list of the immigration offences that can prevent you from getting a sponsorship licence.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications for permission to stay in the UK on the basis of private life.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for an administrative review.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Immigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.
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