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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…

Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back.

• Updated: 29 October 2021

How VAT works, what VAT is charged on, VAT thresholds and VAT schemes.

• Overview

  VAT (Value Added Tax) is a tax added to most products and services sold by…

• What VAT is charged on

  VAT is charged on things like: goods and services (a service is anything…

• How much VAT you must charge

  There are 3 different rates of VAT that can be added to products. Which…

• VAT thresholds

  You need to register for VAT if you go over the registration threshold (or…

• VAT schemes

  VAT schemes are designed to simplify the way some VAT-registered…

Check how much Income Tax you paid to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) last year. Check your P800.

Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.

Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.

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.

Personal Allowance, Income Tax rates, bands and thresholds.

Speech delivered by the Business Secretary, the RT Hon Peter Kyle, at the 2026 UK Trade and Export Finance Forum.

• Updated: 5 February 2026

Apply as a child to join or stay with a close relative in the UK who has protection status - eligibility, fees, documents, applying for settlement.