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Apply for a Health and Care Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 Health and Care visa) if you're a medical professional who's been offered a job with the NHS, an NHS supplier or in adult social care - eligibility, fees, …
There are different ways to apply for British citizenship, including ‘naturalisation’. Check your eligibility to apply.
Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
Apply for British citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
Apply for a Student visa to study in the UK if you're 16 or over - eligibility, extend or switch your visa, how much it costs and how long it takes
Check details of a tenant's right to rent if they’re not a British or Irish citizen and they’ve given you a share code.
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
Apply for a Graduate route visa if you’ve been on a student visa and want to stay in the UK to work - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, bring your partner and children.
Check if you need a tuberculosis (TB) test to support your visa application and find an approved clinic in your country
Report a change of address, personal details or circumstances if you have a visa or biometric residence permit (BRP), or if you've applied for one
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
The European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) - which countries are in the EU and EEA, the single market and free movement of goods, capital, services and people
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply
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