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• Scale-up Worker visa

  Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.

  • Overview

    A Scale-up Worker visa allows you to come to the UK to do an eligible job…

  • Your job

    You must meet all of the following requirements to be eligible for a…

  • Knowledge of English

    You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…

  • How much it costs

    When you apply for a Scale-up Worker visa, you’ll need to have enough…

  • Documents you’ll need to apply

    When you apply you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…

  • Apply from outside the UK

    You must apply online for a Scale-up Worker visa. Check which documents…

  • Your partner and children

    Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…

  • Update your visa if you change employer in the first 6 months

    You’ll need to apply to update your Scale-up Worker visa if you want to…

  • Extend your visa

    You can usually apply to extend your Scale-up Worker visa if both of the…

  • Switch to this visa

    You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Scale-up Worker visa…

• Employee rights when taking maternity and other types of parental leave

  Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
• Check if your university or college can award a degree

  Recognised bodies, listed bodies, recognised universities, accredited higher learning institutions, bogus degrees

  • Overview

    You can check if a degree you’re studying for is officially recognised. If…

  • Recognised bodies in Wales

    Recognised bodies are higher learning institutions that can award degrees.…

  • Recognised awards

    Certain bodies or institutions can award their own unique degrees. These…

• File your company's annual accounts with Companies House

  How to file your company annual accounts with Companies House
• International Sportsperson visa

  Apply for an International Sportsperson visa if you're an elite sportsperson or coach with sponsorship - getting sponsored, eligibility, documents, extend your visa, family members
• Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

  The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) supports the development and deployment of technologies that enable businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future.

  • Updated: 3 July 2025
• UK Expansion Worker visa (Global Business Mobility)

  Apply for a UK Expansion Worker visa to set up a branch of an overseas business - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
• Pay voluntary Class 3 National Insurance

  How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - online, Direct Debit, bank transfer, cheque.
• Send mail with the British Forces Post Office (BFPO)

  Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families.
• Avoid and report internet scams and phishing

  How internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing, HMRC scams, immigration scams.