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Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible

• Applying for a faster decision

  You may be able to pay for a faster decision on a visa or settlement…

• Eligible visas when applying from inside the UK

  You can apply for a faster decision on certain: visa applications…

• Getting a refund of your priority or super priority fee

  The rules for getting a refund depend on whether you’re cancelling your…

Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.

• Overview

  You may be able to get an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to…

• Apply if you're joining a family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein

  You can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come to the UK…

• Apply if you’re joining a person of Northern Ireland

  You can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit if you are an…

• Apply if you have ‘retained the right of residence’

  You may be able to apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit if you…

• After you get an EU Settlement Scheme family permit

  You will be able to use your EU Settlement Scheme family permit to come…

• If you're living outside the UK with a British citizen

  You can no longer apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit if…

Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

• Overview

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if you have a…

• Apply as a partner (family visa)

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if both: you have…

• Apply as a partner (dependant on a work visa)

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if both: you’re a…

• Apply as a parent (family visa)

  You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if you have a family…

• Apply as a child (family visa)

  You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain as a child. You…

• Apply as a child (dependant on a work visa)

  You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if your parent is…

• Apply as an adult dependent relative (family visa)

  You may be eligible for indefinite leave to remain if you have a family…

• After you apply

  You’ll be asked to make an appointment at a UK Visa and Citizenship…

Apply for a British National (Overseas) visa (known as a BNO visa) to live, work and study in the UK if you or a family member are from Hong Kong and registered as a British national (overseas).

The EU Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their families to remain in the UK after it leaves the EU ('Brexit'): who's eligible, how to apply, how much it costs.

Get a family visa for the UK, live with your spouse or relative - eligibility, proof, renewing, financial and English language requirements.

Get an EU Settlement Scheme travel permit if your biometric residence card (BRC) is lost, stolen or expired and you need to return to the UK.

Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a business, investor or talent visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a Scale-up Worker visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.

Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a Skilled Worker, T2 or tier 2 visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.