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Step-by-step guide to using multi-factor authentication (MFA) when logging into the sponsorship management system (SMS).
This video explains how to apply for a visa or permission to come to the UK.
This video explains how to travel with your eVisa.
Guidance on what public funds are and whether you are able to receive help from them while you are living in the UK.
Find out if your university qualification means you're eligible for a High Potential Individual visa.
This page contains the new syllabuses for Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 competence assessments.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on considering immigration status and deciding enforcement action.
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on whether an individual has an automatic claim to British citizenship.
This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.
Immigration staff guidance on considering claims based on family life (as a partner or parent) or exceptional circumstances.
Immigration staff guidance on how to prevent an individual from becoming an overstayer while they are awaiting or appealing a decision.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications to grant leave outside the Immigration Rules.
This video explains how to create, link and access your eVisa in 3 steps with no identity document.
This video explains how to apply for a visitor visa to come to the UK.
Information for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens on proving your right to work from 1 July 2021.
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