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Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
Biometric residence permits (BRP) - what they are, personal data, how to report problems.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
How you can show you know English when you apply for citizenship and to settle in the UK, and when you do not have to.
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.
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.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a Skilled Worker, T2 or tier 2 visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
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.
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
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.
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.
Report someone who you think may be living or working in the UK illegally, employing someone illegally.
Apply for citizenship by naturalisation 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.
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).
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
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.
Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
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.
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