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Information on using the app to apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to come to the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK as a citizen from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
Information on what a visa brake is and which applicants it affects.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
This video explain how to create your UKVI account and get access to your eVisa.
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 self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with family applications.
Where to get official UK documents when you’re abroad. Sometimes called notarial and document services.
Check which jobs are on the temporary shortage list in the UK.
List of documents that businesses and other organisations must provide with an application for a Worker or Temporary Worker sponsor licence.
Prize lists for achievements in science and the arts that qualify applicants for the Global Talent route.
Find out how to make a subject access request to see information held about you. You can also make a request for someone else.
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