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How to come back to the UK to live if you were previously settled (given indefinite leave to remain) - find out if you need a Returning Resident visa
Make arrangements to return home voluntarily if you're in the UK illegally or have claimed asylum by assisted return, voluntary return, AVR, VRS
You can get help to return to your home country if you do not have…
You can usually apply for help to return home (‘voluntary return’) if any…
Apply online for voluntary return. You’ll need: your address in the UK an…
Information about the help you can get following your return from the UK (reintegration services).
Immigration staff guidance on processing returning resident applications.
This page provides information about some of the actions you may need to take if you are a UK national living abroad and you are returning to the UK permanently.
Links to content about returning to work after a care-related career break – guidance for employers, toolkit for returners, and evaluation reports of specific schemes.
Support for Chinese nationals returning from the UK (reintegration services).
Advice for people returning to the UK after working in an Ebola or Marburg virus affected area.
Support for Indian nationals returning from the UK (reintegration services).
Find out how to return goods requiring import and export declarations after importing them to another country, or if they're rejected for import at another country’s border.
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