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Information on using the app to apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside 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.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
This video explain how to create your UKVI account and get access to your eVisa.
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.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
Information on what a visa brake is and which applicants it affects.
This guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how the ballot system works.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
This video explains what an eVisa is.
Information on how to take and format a digital photo for a visa application or permission.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
Information on the the move from physical immigration documents to eVisas.
This video explains how to create, link and access your eVisa in 3 steps with a passport using the ID Check app or Web ID check.
Find out how much money you need to get a Student or Child Student visa, and how to prove you have the money.
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.
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