We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor to report worker activity, for example a change in their circumstances.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
This video explains how to create, link and access your eVisa with your biometric residence permit (BRP) using the ID Check app or Web ID check.
Videos explaining what an ETA is and how to apply for one.
This video explains how to check that your UKVI account is working.
Information booklet for those who have registered, or are considering registering, an asylum application in the UK.
This video explains how to apply for a visitor visa to come to the UK.
Sample level 1 immigration assessments from the Immigration Advice Authority.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on how to prevent an individual from becoming an overstayer while they are awaiting or appealing a decision.
Check the national pay scales for teaching and education leadership jobs eligible for the Skilled Worker, Health and Care or certain Global Business Mobility visas.
Information for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens on proving your right to work from 1 July 2021.
Guidance to apply to give up your British citizenship or another type of British nationality.
Immigration staff guidance on how to handle exemptions for visa applications made outside the UK.
This video explains how to view and confirm someone's immigration status.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications to grant leave outside the Immigration Rules.
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
Information on what a Diplomatic Visa Arrangement is and how to apply for one.
Find out if your university qualification means you're eligible for a High Potential Individual visa.
This leaflet tells you about going through Customs when entering the UK.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript).