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• Updated: 27 March 2025

If you get help from social services, direct payments let you choose and buy the services you need yourself, instead of getting them from your council

Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply

• Overview

  You might need a visa to pass through the UK in transit (on your way to…

• If you're not going through border control (Direct Airside Transit visa)

  You might need a Direct Airside Transit visa if you: will be changing…

• If you're going through border control (Visitor in Transit visa)

  You might need a Visitor in Transit visa if you’re: changing flights in…

• Apply

  Apply online for a Direct Airside Transit visa or a Visitor in Transit…

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• Updated: 24 June 2021

Find out about our Direct Lending Facility: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Find out about the different simplified declarations for imports and what you need to do to get authorisation to use them.

• Updated: 3 February 2025

Applications to change the register are now digital by default for business customers.

• Updated: 15 November 2022

How to request and manage school-led initial teacher training (ITT) places for School Direct.

• Updated: 22 February 2022

Check if you can apply for authorised use to reduce your payments when you import goods for a specific use. This can include repairs, maintenance or processing.

• Updated: 3 February 2025

This form is to be completed by a member of a public authority seeking authorisation to carry out directed surveillance.