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Immigration staff guidance on how decisions are made about applications from Innovator Founders.
Guidance to apply to come to the UK as a Tier 1 (Investor) or to extend your stay.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from Commonwealth citizens with a grandparent born in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on applications from representatives of overseas businesses.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system (PBS).
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people who wish to come to the UK under the Youth Mobility Scheme visa category.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a Creative Worker sponsor managing groups of certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Immigration staff guidance on applications for leave from domestic workers in private households.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with post-licence changes related to Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors.
This is advice for UK sponsors of workers and temporary workers affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
UK Visas and Immigration guidance on applications from sheep shearers made outside the UK.
Part 7 of the Immigration Act concerns public sector workers.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications under the High Potential Individual route.
Guidance to apply to come to the UK as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) or to extend your stay.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications in the Tier 1 (Investor) category of the points-based system.
Archive code of practice you must follow if you want to sponsor a worker who is a dancer (in dance forms other than ballet).
List of legacy authorised organisations for a Start-up visa
Immigration staff guidance on how English language requirements are assessed for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur).
Guidance on how arrangements for Tier 2 of the points-based system operate.
Archive code of practice a licensed sponsor must follow to sponsor a worker to come to the UK as a performer in film and television.
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