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List of authorised organisations for Innovator Founder and Scale-up visas.
Check if you're exempt from immigration control or obtaining permission to enter, and therefore do not need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) or visa.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence and how to sponsor a student.
How to vary an application for permission to stay in the UK if you now want to apply for a different purpose. For example, to change from student to skilled worker.
This video explain how to create your UKVI account and get access to your eVisa.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications under the Skilled Worker route.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
Immigration staff guidance about the different visitor categories for visiting the UK and how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.
This guidance explains the documents you should provide to support your application to visit the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for a fee waiver.
Advice and guidance for healthcare practitioners on the health needs of migrant patients.
This video explains what an eVisa is.
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
This document sets out the English language requirement levels for different visa routes.
Guide to the sponsorship documents that Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors must keep.
This video explains how to create, link and access your eVisa in 3 steps with a passport using the ID Check app or Web ID check.
Information about the UK’s points-based immigration system for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.
Immigration staff guidance on how to prevent an individual from becoming an overstayer while they are awaiting or appealing a decision.
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