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This video explains how to update your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Find out how much money you need to get a Student or Child Student visa, and how to prove you have the money.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born to a British father and your parents were not married.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor to report worker activity, for example a change in their circumstances.
If you believe your immigration status is wrong, and it has stopped you accessing work, benefits or services, you can ask the Home Office to check it.
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Sample level 1 immigration assessments from the Immigration Advice Authority.
Guidance on what public funds are and whether you are able to receive help from them while you are living in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on public funds foreign nationals can claim.
Information for UK and Irish citizens on their rights under the Common Travel Area arrangements (CTA).
Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.
If you’re coming to the UK, you’ll need to prove you have enough money to support yourself and any dependants in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications to grant leave outside the Immigration Rules.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with delivery addresses for new passports and the return of supporting documents.
Statement and consent form to inform UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) that you are no longer in your marriage or civil partnership.
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