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Apply for an Innovator Founder visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, extend or switch, bring your family.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have permission to stay as a refugee, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave - fees, who's eligible, family members, how to apply.
Form to apply to stay in the UK on the basis of your family life as a partner, parent or dependent child or on the basis of your private life in the UK.
Order a replacement registration or naturalisation certificate, or correct mistakes on a certificate - fees, application forms, address, supporting documents.
When you need to attend a citizenship ceremony - how to book, how much it costs, what happens during the ceremony.
Contact your council to arrange your British citizenship ceremony - fees, venue, application
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
Find out how and when to apply for settled status now that the UK has left the EU.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.
Complain to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) about applications, appointments and decisions or follow up an existing complaint
Apply for British citizenship if you were born in the UK - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Apply for asylum to stay in the UK as a refugee - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, screening, asylum interview, help you can get, children
Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently.
Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders
Get proof that you're entitled to live in the UK if you're part of the Windrush generation - eligibility and how to apply
Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children
Form to extend stay in the UK as the partner or dependent child of someone who is settled here or who is a refugee or under humanitarian protection.
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
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