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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
A High Potential Individual (HPI) visa gives you permission to stay in the…
To be eligible for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you must have…
You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…
When you apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you’ll need to…
Before you apply, you must pay for Ecctis to check your qualification is…
You must apply online for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa. Check…
Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…
You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a High Potential…
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
If you or your parents were born in the UK, you might automatically be a…
You’re usually a British citizen automatically if you were born in the UK.…
Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…
If at least one of your parents is a British citizen You might…
If you were born in the UK after 31 December 1982 and your parents were…
Apply for an International Sportsperson visa if you're an elite sportsperson or coach with sponsorship - getting sponsored, eligibility, documents, extend your visa, family members
You can apply for an International Sportsperson visa if you meet the…
You need to: have a valid certificate of sponsorship for your job usually…
You may need to prove your knowledge of the English language when you…
When you apply you’ll need to provide: your certificate of sponsorship…
You must apply online for an International Sportsperson visa. Check which…
You can apply to extend your stay in the UK under an International…
You can apply to change (‘switch’) from another visa to an International…
You can take a second job on this visa if you’re working up to 20 hours a…
Joining a union and getting recognition for collective bargaining and agreements - legal rules about membership, union reps and your rights
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.
Apply for asylum to stay in the UK as a refugee - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, screening, asylum interview, help you can get, children
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
The police have to follow strict rules if you're arrested, questioned or charged with a crime - you can get legal advice at a police station
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