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How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change

• Overview

  Your will lets you decide what happens to your money, property and…

• Write your will

  Your will should set out: who you want to benefit from your will who…

• Make sure your will is legal

  For your will to be legally valid, you must: be 18 or over make it…

• Update your will

  You should review your will every 5 years and after any major change in…

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

• Overview

  You need a family visa to live with a family member in the UK for more…

• Apply as a partner or spouse

  To apply as a partner, you and your partner both need to be 18 or over.…

• Financial requirements if you’re applying as a partner or spouse

  If you apply for a family visa as a partner, you and your partner usually…

• Apply as a parent

  You can apply to live in the UK to care for your child. If you’re eligible…

• Apply as a child

  You can apply for a family visa to join your parent in the UK. You may not…

• Apply as an adult coming to be cared for by a relative

  You must need long-term care from a parent, grandchild, brother, sister,…

• Apply on the basis of your private life

  You can only apply on the basis of your private life if you’re already…

• Information and evidence you must provide

  You’ll need to have information and some evidence ready when you make your…

• Knowledge of English

  You may need to prove your knowledge of the English language when you…

• After you apply

  You’ll need to attend an appointment to provide your fingerprints and a…

How to stop or start paying the reduced rate of National Insurance (NI) as a married woman or widow, how it affects your benefits.

Apply to extend your Turkish Businessperson visa if you're a Turkish national and you are already running a business in the UK or helping run an established business - eligibility, fees, how to extend, your partner and children

Married Couple's Allowance could reduce your tax bill each year you're married or in a civil partnership if one of you was born before before 6 April 1935

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

Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs

How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.

Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate

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...