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You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
How internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing, HMRC scams, immigration scams.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
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 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
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
What happens if you're a sponsored employee and your sponsor loses their licence, has a suspended licence
Form to extend your stay in the UK for human rights claims, leave outside the rules and other routes not covered by other forms.
When and how you can ask for your visa decision to be reviewed (known as an 'administrative review') - eligibility, forms and when to appeal instead
How to come back to the UK to live if you were previously settled (given indefinite leave to remain) - find out if you need a Returning Resident visa
Form to tell UK Visas and Immigration about changes since you arrived in the UK.
How to transfer your visa from an old passport to a new passport or replace your visa.
Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
This form is to be used by all Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors who want to request prioritising an eligible request type.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Form to extend your stay in the UK for other routes under the Immigration Rules.
Apply to study English language in the UK with a Short-term study visa (6 to 11 months). Check fees, eligibility, documents you need and how to apply.
Apply for the Registered Traveller service to get through UK border control faster and without filling in a landing card
Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, where you'll live, how long it takes and how much it costs
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