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Adult Dependants' Grant for full-time students who financially support an adult - funding, how to apply, eligibility.

• Overview

  If you’re a full-time student in higher education and an adult depends on…

• What you'll get

  The maximum Adult Dependants’ Grant is: £3,545 for the 2025 to 2026…

• Eligibility

  To get an Adult Dependants’ Grant, another adult must depend on you…

• How to apply

  Fill in the Adult Dependants’ Grant section on your main student finance…

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

  The way you apply for a Global Talent visa depends on your circumstances.…

• 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…

An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.

• Overview

  You need to be registered to vote before you can vote in UK elections or…

• Voting in person

  You vote in person at a polling station (usually in a public building,…

• Voting by post

  You must apply for a postal vote if you want to vote by post, for example…

• Voting by proxy

  If you’re unable to vote in person you can ask someone to vote on your…

• Voting from abroad

  How you vote when you’re abroad depends on: whether you’ll be abroad…

• Photo ID you'll need

  You’ll need to show photo ID when voting in person in some UK elections or…

• Voting as a proxy for someone else

  You may be asked to vote on behalf of someone else if they’re unable to…

Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.

Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.

How to apply for British citizenship if you're a British overseas citizen, protected person, subject, national or overseas territories citizen - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application.

Travel grants for students including medical and dental students - travel costs, Erasmus placements, how to apply, eligibility, travel expenses forms.

Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance

What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.

Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families