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Information on how to use a High Integrity Telecommunications System.

• Updated: 22 February 2013

Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children

• Overview

  A High Potential Individual (HPI) visa gives you permission to stay in the…

• Eligibility

  To be eligible for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you must have…

• 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 High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you’ll need to…

• Documents you'll need to apply

  Before you apply, you must pay for Ecctis to check your qualification is…

• Apply from outside the UK

  You must apply online for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa. Check…

• Your partner and children

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

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a High Potential…

How to register for VAT, change your details, cancel your registration, register for VAT in EU countries.

• When to register for VAT

  You must register if either: your total taxable turnover for the last 12…

• How to register for VAT

  You can usually register for VAT online. You can start charging VAT on…

• Changing your VAT details

  You must keep your VAT registration details up to date. Some changes mean…

• Cancel your VAT registration

  You must cancel your registration if you’re no longer eligible to be VAT…

• Transfer your VAT registration

  You can transfer a VAT registration number if there’s a change of business…

• Registering for VAT in EU countries

  What you need to do depends on whether you’re selling goods or services…

• Selling or moving goods between Northern Ireland and the EU

  You need a VAT registration number starting with XI to trade under the…

Claim compensation from the Motor Insurers' Bureau if you're the victim of a hit and run or uninsured driver

Since 8 April 2025, you need to give more notice to change or cancel your car driving test without losing the fee - check the new deadline.

• Updated: 17 March 2025

Find out if you’re eligible for delinked payments, how they’re calculated and when you’ll receive them.

• Updated: 16 June 2025

End-of-year tasks, P60 form, report expenses and benefits, send last FPS to HMRC, prepare for new tax year.

Taking the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 1 test - what you need to bring and what happens during the test

HITS information pack.

• Updated: 6 January 2011

You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.