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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.
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.
Search for someone to help you with advice and applications to stay in the UK - free and paid-for services, adviser levels 1, 2, 3 and complaints.
UK visa sponsorship information for employers - requirements, certificates and licences for Workers and Temporary Workers.
Having right of abode means you're allowed to live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions - apply for a certificate of entitlement to prove you have it.
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.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
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're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
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.
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
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
Check if you need a tuberculosis (TB) test to support your visa application and find an approved clinic in your country
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.
Use the online ARC enquiry form to contact the Home Office about your ARC card.
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
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.
Find out how and when to apply for settled status now that the UK has left the EU.
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.
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