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Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.

• Overview

  You can apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the UK if you’re a…

• Documents you'll need to apply

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

• Apply from outside the UK

  Before you apply for the Global Talent visa, you need to have either: won…

• Your partner and children

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

• Extend your visa

  You can usually apply to extend your stay in the UK if either: you applied…

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Global Talent visa if…

Compare visas to visit, work, study or join a family member already in the UK. How to apply and what the decision on your application means.

• Choose a visa

  You may need a visa to come to the UK to study, work, visit or join…

• Prepare your application

  You can apply and pay for most visas online. If you have dependants who…

• Prove your identity

  When you apply, you’ll need to prove your identity and provide documents…

• Getting a decision on your application

  You’ll get a letter or an email telling you the Home Office has made a…

Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.

• Overview

  Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee’s needs, for…

• Types of flexible working

  There are different ways of working flexibly. Job sharing Two people do…

• Applying for flexible working

  Employees can apply for flexible working from their first day in a job.…

• After the application

  Employers must consider flexible working requests in a ‘reasonable…

• Appeals

  Employees no longer have a statutory right to an appeal but may still be…

Apply for an India Young Professionals Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you're an Indian citizen aged 18 to 30 - eligibility, fees, documents.

Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible

Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.

A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.

Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.

• Updated: 11 November 2024

What to do before you apply, and how to apply for a licence yourself or through your employer.

• Updated: 2 July 2024

How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.

• Updated: 16 April 2024