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Apply for a Skilled Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 General work visa) if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children, taking on additional...
A Skilled Worker visa allows you to come to or stay in the UK to do an…
You must meet all the following requirements to be eligible for a Skilled…
You might still be able to apply for a Skilled Worker visa if your job is…
There are different salary rules if you work in some healthcare or…
You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…
When you apply for a Skilled Worker visa, you’ll need to have enough money…
When you apply you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…
You must apply online for a Skilled Worker visa. Check which documents…
Your partner and children may also be able to apply to join you or stay in…
You can usually apply to extend a Skilled Worker visa or a Tier 2…
There are lower salary requirements if both of the following apply: you…
You’ll need to apply to update your Skilled Worker or Tier 2 (General)…
You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a Skilled Worker visa…
If you work overtime in the job you’re being sponsored for, you do not…
Personal Allowance, Income Tax rates, bands and thresholds.
How much Income Tax you pay in each tax year depends on: how much of your…
The standard Personal Allowance from 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025 was…
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim
Claiming your State Pension later - extra State Pension, backdated arrears and lump sum payments.
How to notify the MHRA of your intention to carry out a clinical investigation for medical devices.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
Overtime law - what is overtime, overtime pay, employee rights, part-time workers and time off in lieu
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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