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UK Visas and Immigration Updates
Immigration staff guidance on discretionary leave.
Immigration staff guidance on handling asylum claims from applicants who have a UK visa or have applied for one.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Botswana for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Kazakhstan for your UK visa application.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Paraguay for your UK visa application.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Immigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.
This form is to be used by all Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors who want to request prioritising an eligible request type.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
Guidance for licensing authorities on how to check the immigration status of people who apply for a taxi or private hire licence.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on International Forces and International Civilian Employees.
What an ETA is, who can get one and how to apply before coming to the UK.
Immigration and nationality fees for all applications made from outside and within the UK.
Visa fees transparency data for all applications made from outside and within the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.
How to apply for a Student sponsor licence and how to sponsor a student.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with family applications.
Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
A list for employers to check if their staff have the right to work in the UK.
If you believe your immigration status is wrong, and it has stopped you accessing work, benefits or services, you can ask the Home Office to check it.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with family applications.
Immigration Rules archive for 11 March 2025 to 11 March 2025.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania for your UK visa application.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
How to check your eVisa details are correct before you travel in or out of the UK.
List of nationalities that can apply for an ETA.
What an ETA is, who can get one and how to apply before coming to the UK.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Immigration Rules archive for 18 February 2025 to 10 March 2025.
Nationals of Trinidad and Tobago can no longer get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA). Check what you need to do to visit the UK.
List of nationalities that can apply for an ETA.
Information for international carriers about visa requirements for passengers travelling to the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh for your UK visa application.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration Rules archive for 18 February 2025 to 10 March 2025.
Contact details for UK Visas and Immigration immigration compliance and enforcement teams.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Information for international carriers about visa requirements for passengers travelling to the UK.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
How to check your eVisa details are correct before you travel in or out of the UK.
Visa fees transparency data for all applications made from outside and within the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
This video explains how to check that your UKVI account is working.
These videos explains how to update your personal details and identity document in your UKVI account.
This video explains how to recover access to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.
This video explains how to view and confirm someone's immigration status.
This video explains how an employer can check someone's right to work.
This video explains how you can apply from pre-settled to settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
This video explains how to view and confirm someone's right to rent.
Apply for a certificate of entitlement showing you have the right to live and work in the UK, if you are in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
This video explains how you can apply from pre-settled to settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on considering the forms it needs to complete when preparing a case for prosecution.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Europeans can now apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK and will need one from 2 April 2025.
List of nationalities that can apply for an ETA.
Europeans can now apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to travel to the UK and will need one from 2 April 2025.
Immigration staff guidance on concessions for those employed in Ukraine by the Foreign Office, the British Council and contractor TLS.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Draft code of practice about the sanctions for non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations.
Immigration staff guidance on handling asylum claims from applicants who have a UK visa or have applied for one.
Draft code of practice about the sanctions for non-compliance with the biometric registration regulations.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Algeria for your UK visa application.
This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 April to 30 June 2024.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Information about what it means to have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK, also known as settlement.
Information on using your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account to prove your rights in the UK and keep your details up to date.
How to check your eVisa details are correct before you travel in or out of the UK.
Information booklet for those who have registered, or are considering registering, an asylum application in the UK.
Use this information to understand how to apply for a biometric residence permit or learn whether prospective staff can work in the UK.
Published statistics show millions have accessed their eVisa, as an extension to the period expired immigration documents can be used for travel is confirmed.
Immigration staff guide for how UK Visas and Immigration considers applications to enter or remain in the UK on the Global Business Mobility routes.
Operational statistics on how many people have created an account to access an eVisa.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance for considering applications from people who have been victims of domestic violence.
Data on visas, status and immigration activities.
Data on UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) customer service operations.
Data on UK Visas and Immigration sponsorship activities.
Data on immigration and protection activities.
What an ETA is, who can get one and how to apply before coming to the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Find out how to make a subject access request to see information held about you. You can also make a request for someone else.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Zimbabwe for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on decisions and orders on the exclusion of foreign nationals from the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for an administrative review.
Immigration staff guidance on the powers and obligations related to the seizure and interrogation of digital media under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
This guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how the ballot system works.
Immigration Rules archive for 13 February 2025 to 17 February 2025.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 February 2025 to 12 February 2025.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to come to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
The Ukraine Family Scheme closed at 3pm on 19 February 2024. You can no longer apply under this scheme.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
This video explains how to travel with your eVisa.
This video explain how to create your UKVI account and get access to your eVisa.
This video explains how to recover access to your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.
This video explains how to view and provide your online immigration status.
This video explains how to update your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
This guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how the ballot system works.
Immigration staff guidance about the diplomatic visa arrangement (DVA) visa and permission to enter the UK on the DVA visa route.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications.
Information booklet for those who have registered, or are considering registering, an asylum application in the UK.
Find out which jobs are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Immigration staff guidance on identity requirements which must be met by a person during their immigration and citizenship journey.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on handling requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Guidance for applicants already in the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted permission to live in the UK.
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
This guidance advises a landlord, letting agent or homeowner how to conduct a right to rent check when letting privately rented accommodation.
How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
This guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how the ballot system works.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications.
What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.
You can no longer apply for an administrative review of your EU Settlement Scheme decision.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for an administrative review.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
If you are eligible for an ETA, you may be exempt from the requirement to get one if you live in Ireland.
Information on using the app to apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to come to the UK.
This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Apply to study English language in the UK with a Short-term study visa (6 to 11 months). Check fees, eligibility, documents you need and how to apply.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration Rules archive for 2 January 2025 to 3 February 2025.
Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to come to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
The Ukraine Family Scheme closed at 3pm on 19 February 2024. You can no longer apply under this scheme.
Ukrainians already in the UK with a visa may be able to extend their stay by extending their visa or switching to another immigration route, where eligible, even if their visa does not normally allow them to do so.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
This concession gives you temporary permission to stay in the UK and apply to claim benefits if your relationship broke down because of domestic abuse.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy on applications for a visa or visa extension under a Temporary Work route.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
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.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to remain in the UK under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
Immigration staff guidance for considering applications from people who have been victims of domestic violence.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme.
Form to provide parental consent for a child’s application for permission under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for further leave to remain made by applicants without valid leave.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members who wish to come to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have permission to stay as a refugee, humanitarian protection or Discretionary Leave - fees, who's eligible, family members, how to apply.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Information booklet for those who have registered, or are considering registering, an asylum application in the UK.
Register for British citizenship if you're a stateless person born in the UK or a British overseas territory on or after 1 January 1983.
This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.
Immigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Peru for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania for your UK visa application.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Information on using the app to apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to come to the UK.
The France-UK school trip travel information form allows you to bring a group of children from a school in France to the UK.
Immigration staff guidance about the different visitor categories for visiting the UK and how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases.
Immigration staff guidance explaining when a person's protection status may be revoked and the policy and procedures to follow.
Apply for citizenship by naturalisation if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK if you were granted limited leave under the Grenfell immigration policy for survivors.
Register as a British Citizen if you're a British overseas territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British protected person, British subject or British National (Overseas).
Form to request a citizenship affordability-based fee waiver for individuals under the age of 18.
Apply by post to register as a British citizen if you were born to a British father and your parents were not married.
Form to register a child under 18 as a British Overseas citizen: form MN3.
Application for registration as a British Overseas Territories citizen and British citizen by a person whose parents were not married (form BOTC(F)).
Application to become a British Overseas Territories citizen (BOTC) and British citizen by a person born before 1983 to a British mother (form BOTC(M)).
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Immigration staff guidance for assessing applications where the individual is
claiming right of abode in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance explaining when a person's protection status may be revoked and the policy and procedures to follow.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Botswana for your UK visa application.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Technical details for sponsors using bulk data transfer to send information from their IT systems to the sponsorship management system.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Information booklet for those who have registered, or are considering registering, an asylum application in the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Haiti for your UK visa application.
This guidance document tells caseworkers how to make decisions in casework compliance cases.
Guidance for student sponsors, migrants and short-term students on temporary concessions in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims from accompanied and unaccompanied children.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
If you believe your immigration status is wrong, and it has stopped you accessing work, benefits or services, you can ask the Home Office to check it.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Information on who can get an ETA and how to apply before coming to the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Iraq for your UK visa application.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopia for your UK visa application.
There are different ways to apply for British citizenship, including ‘naturalisation’. Check your eligibility to apply.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Information on who can get an ETA and how to apply before coming to the UK.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
This form is to be used by all Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors who want to request prioritising an eligible request type.
Immigration staff guidance on applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Apply for British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Apply for British citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Form RROA to request to reconsider a decision to refuse a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode in the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications from self-employed Turkish business persons, Turkish workers or their family members.
Immigration staff guidance on public funds foreign nationals can claim.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.
Organisations funded to provide free support to vulnerable and at-risk people who need help with creating their UKVI account and getting access to their eVisa.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan for your UK visa application.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Use this form to give UK Visas and Immigration information about your asylum claim.
Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 19 February 2024.
Guidance for licensing authorities on how to check the immigration status of people who apply for a taxi or private hire licence.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Iraq for your UK visa application.
Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
What happens at a Service and Support Centre appointment, how long they take and where to find centres.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
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.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Find out how much money you need to get a Student or Child Student visa, and how to prove you have the money.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people to enter or remain in the UK as students.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in India for your UK visa application.
Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Government Authorised Exchange Worker.
Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a worker.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner
Check details of a tenant's right to rent if they’re not a British or Irish citizen and they’ve given you a share code.
Information on using the app when applying to work, study or live in the UK.
Guidance for banks and building societies on carrying out immigration status checks on current account holders and applicants.
Guidance about Article 10 and 20 residence cards.
Use this information to understand how to apply for a biometric residence permit or learn whether prospective staff can work in the UK.
What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.
How to check your eVisa details are correct before you travel in or out of the UK.
Guidance for sponsors on applying for a licence.
Guidance: Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 3: sponsor duties and compliance
Guidance for sponsors on sponsor duties and compliance.
Immigration staff guidance on when to grant an application to register as a British citizen under special circumstances.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Immigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on deportation on the ground it is conducive to the public good.
Information for international carriers about visa requirements for passengers travelling to the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on identity requirements which must be met by a person during their immigration and citizenship journey.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on considering immigration status and deciding enforcement action.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications to enter, remain or settle in the UK on the International Sportsperson route.
How to carry out right to work checks, why you need to do them, and which documents you can use.
Immigration removal centres - addresses, contact details visiting hours
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Get proof of your immigration status if you have been told you can view your immigration status online, for example if you have settled or pre-settled status.
Immigration staff guidance on how to handle exemptions for visa applications made outside the UK.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims from accompanied and unaccompanied children.
How immigration staff should make asylum decisions under streamlined asylum processing.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Cambodia for your UK visa application.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Use this step-by-step guide if you are a sponsor using miscellaneous certificate of sponsorship (CoS) functions.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China for your UK visa application.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people applying on the basis of long residence in the UK.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ecuador for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Guyana for your UK visa application.
Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a Minister of Religion or Religious Worker.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bhutan for your UK visa application.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
The Ukraine Extension Scheme allowed you to stay in the UK if you were Ukrainian or the close family member of a Ukrainian national.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members to come to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
The Ukraine Family Scheme closed at 3pm on 19 February 2024. You can no longer apply under this scheme.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Information for international carriers about visa requirements for passengers travelling to the UK.
Guidance on the document checks that air, rail and sea carriers must make, and how they are charged for passengers without appropriate travel documents.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Immigration and nationality fees for all applications made from outside and within the UK.
Visa fees transparency data for all applications made from outside and within the UK.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status
You must check that a tenant or lodger can legally rent your residential property in England.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a Scale-up Worker visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Guidance for local authorities and health and social care trusts to make sure looked-after children and care leavers apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Ukrainians already in the UK with a visa may be able to extend their stay by extending their visa or switching to another immigration route, where eligible, even if their visa does not normally allow them to do so.
Immigration staff guidance for a person who has been sponsored to perform a leading role within a faith-based organisation or religious order in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy on applications for a visa or visa extension under a Temporary Work route.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Hong Kong for your UK visa application.
Information booklet for those who have registered, or are considering registering, an asylum application in the UK.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
The Ukraine Extension Scheme allowed you to stay in the UK if you were Ukrainian or the close family member of a Ukrainian national.
The new Ukraine Permission Extension scheme will open on 4 February 2025.
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
Apply to the Windrush Compensation Scheme if you suffered losses because you could not show you had the right to live in the UK: eligibility, how to claim.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor who is applying for a defined certificate of sponsorship (CoS)
Home Office statistics published today show that over 3 million people have now made the switch from using physical immigration documents to an eVisa.
Operational statistics on how many people have created an account to access an eVisa.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
How to check your eVisa details are correct before you travel in or out of the UK.
Use this official service for booking a Life in the UK Test as part of your application for citizenship or settlement
Information about what it means to have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK, also known as settlement.
Information on using your UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account to prove your rights in the UK and keep your details up to date.
These full terms and conditions explain the applicant’s obligations and what they can expect when booking and taking the Life in the UK Test.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
List of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
List of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
