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What to do if you're visiting the UK for a holiday or to see family or friends: check if you’re eligible, if you need a visa, and what to do before you visit.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
Get a refund of the immigration health surcharge (IHS) if you work in health and care - eligibility, what you’ll get and how to apply.
Register a child under 18 as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
How to apply for a document to travel outside the UK if you're not British and you cannot use or get your own national passport.
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
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
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
Check if you need a tuberculosis (TB) test to support your visa application and find an approved clinic in your country
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
Apply to stay in the UK without time restrictions ('indefinite leave to remain') after being in the UK for 10 years - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, family members.
Apply for British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Report someone who you think may be living or working in the UK illegally, employing someone illegally.
Apply for a British National (Overseas) visa (known as a BNO visa) to live, work and study in the UK if you or a family member are from Hong Kong and registered as a British national (overseas).
When and how to appeal against a visa, asylum or immigration decision - appeals to the immigration and asylum tribunal, administrative review, fees, forms, further submissions.
Apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you’re from a participating country - fees, eligibility, how to apply.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
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