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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…

£10 million financial support package for families of children and young people with cancer to cover travel costs to and from appointments.

• Updated: 3 February 2026

Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.

• Overview

  A Scale-up Worker visa allows you to come to the UK to do an eligible job…

• Your job

  You must meet all of the following requirements to be eligible for a…

• Knowledge of English

  You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…

• How much it costs

  When you apply for a Scale-up Worker visa, you’ll need to have enough…

• Documents you’ll need to apply

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

• Apply from outside the UK

  You must apply online for a Scale-up Worker visa. Check which documents…

• Your partner and children

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

• Update your visa if you change employer in the first 6 months

  You’ll need to apply to update your Scale-up Worker visa if you want to…

• Extend your visa

  You can usually apply to extend your Scale-up Worker visa if both of the…

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Scale-up Worker visa…

How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.

• Updated: 15 September 2025

Apply for a Temporary Work – International Agreement visa if you're working under international law (including diplomatic households) - extend or switch, family members

Apply for a Minister of Religion visa (T2) if you've been offered a job in a faith community - eligibility, extend or switch, knowledge of English, bring your family

Apply for a Temporary Work - Religious Worker visa to do religious work in the UK - getting sponsored, fees, eligibility, family members.

Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears

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

Apply for the Registered Traveller service to get through UK border control faster and without filling in a landing card