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Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members

• Overview

  You can apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange visa…

• Eligibility

  You must: have a certificate of sponsorship or sponsorship reference…

• Documents you must provide

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

• Apply

  Read the full guidance before you apply. Apply from outside the UK You…

• 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 apply to extend your Temporary Work – Government Authorised…

• Switch to this visa

  You can apply to change (‘switch’) to a Temporary Work – Government…

Apply for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.

• Overview

  You can no longer apply for a Start-up visa. If you want to set up a…

• Your partner and children

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

You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship

• Tell the Home Office

  You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from…

• Apply to stay in the UK

  If your visa is based on a relationship that’s ended you must apply if you…

Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer

Indefinite leave to remain or enter the UK if your relationship has broken down because of domestic violence or abuse - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner

Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, where you'll live, how long it takes and how much it costs

Protect your right to live in a registered or unregistered property owned by your spouse or civil partner during a divorce or separation - getting home rights, after a continuation order

Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a business, investor or talent visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs