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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.

• Overview

  You can apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa if you: want to live and…

• Eligibility

  If you’re from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Korea You can…

• Documents you must provide

  When you apply you’ll need to provide: a valid passport or other document…

• Apply

  Check which documents you’ll need to apply. You’ll also have to pay the…

• Extend your visa

  You can only apply to extend your Youth Mobility Scheme visa if you’re…

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.

• Overview

  Having the right of abode means you’re allowed to live or work in the UK…

• Commonwealth citizens

  If you’re part of the ‘Windrush generation’ (also known as ‘Windrush…

• Apply for a certificate of entitlement

  A certificate of entitlement can be used to prove your right of abode in…

Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers

• Overview

  As an employer, the tax and employment responsibilities you have for your…

• Full-time and part-time contracts

  As an employer you must give employees: a written statement of employment…

• Fixed-term contracts

  Fixed-term contracts: last for a certain length of time are set in advance…

• Agency staff

  As an employer, you can hire temporary staff through agencies. This means:…

• Freelancers, consultants and contractors

  If you hire a freelancer, consultant or contractor it means that: they are…

• Zero-hours contracts

  Zero-hours contracts are also known as casual contracts. Zero-hours…

• Employing family, young people and volunteers

  Family If you hire family members you must: avoid special treatment in…

Determine financial eligibility for legal aid: check household income, calculate living costs, enforcement action, apply for hardship or eligibility review.

• Updated: 3 February 2025

If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice

Find out if you've paid enough National Insurance to qualify for the full State Pension - check gaps, contributions and credits, get a National Insurance statement, call the helpline.

What tax codes are, how they're worked out, and what to do if you think your code is wrong.

Means assessment form for legal aid clients not on Income Support or other passporting benefits (also includes CIV MEANS 1P).

If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice

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.