UK Visas and Immigration Updates

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 EEA/EU asylum claims.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine 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.
Immigration staff guidance for registering British nationals as citizens under the British Nationality Act 1981.
This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.
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.
Immigration staff guidance on registering asylum claims and completing the screening process for asylum claimants.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications from people who have previously renounced British citizenship and have applied to register as a citizen.
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.
Guidance to register for British citizenship if you are a stateless person.
Guidance to register a child under 18 as a British citizen.
Immigration staff guidance on the requirements for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) under section 18(1) and section 18(2).
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications for naturalisation as a British citizen.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you are a British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British protected person, British subject or British national (overseas).
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications from British overseas territories citizens (BOTC) who have previously renounced their status.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born in the UK and lived here until the age of 10.
How to apply to become a British citizen again after giving up (renouncing) citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on the registration of a minor as a British citizen by entitlement and discretion.
How to apply for citizenship by naturalisation if you are living in the UK.
Form to register a child under 18 as a British Overseas citizen: form MN3.
Form to register a child under 18 as a British subject: form MN4
Immigration staff guidance about the registration of minors born both in and outside of the British overseas territories.
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 to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1983 to a British mother.
Form to register as a British overseas territories citizen after giving up (renouncing) citizenship: form RS2.
Apply to extend your permission to stay as a child under 18 with a relative who is not your parent, has protection status in the UK and has not yet settled.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you have certain other types of British nationality.
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.
Guidance for how certain people born before 1983, who didn't acquire British nationality at birth because their mother could not pass on status, can apply to correct that.
Guidance for people born before July 2006 to unmarried fathers connected to a British overseas territory.
Form to register as a British citizen through residence in Hong Kong before 1997.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1 July 2006 to a British father and your parents were not married.
Apply for a replacement certificate of registration or naturalisation as a British citizen 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 ask UK Visas and Immigration to review its decision to refuse your application for British citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications in the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) category of the points-based system (PBS).
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 permitting access to public funds.
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 France 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.
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.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ukraine 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.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria 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.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing whether an applicant has met the English language requirement.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
This guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how the ballot system works.
The Home Office has announced further details of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a Creative Worker sponsor managing groups of certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor to report worker activity, for example a change in their circumstances.
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 Hong Kong for your UK visa application.
Step-by-step guide to applying for additional services and making renewal applications.
Immigration staff guidance on transferring refugee status.
Immigration staff guidance on how to handle exemptions for visa applications made outside 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.
This guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals 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.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how to handle exemptions for visa applications made outside the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China for your UK visa application.
Step-by-step guide to applying for additional services and making renewal applications.
Immigration staff guidance on safeguarding children and adults.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the UAE 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.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in South Korea for your UK visa application.
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.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nepal for your UK visa application.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Uzbekistan for your UK visa application.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor to report worker activity, for example a change in their circumstances.
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 step-by-step manual if you are a Creative Worker sponsor managing groups of certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
A step-by-step manual to using miscellaneous confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) functions.
A step-by-step manual to reporting student activity.
Use this step-by-step guide if you are a sponsor using miscellaneous certificate of sponsorship (CoS) functions.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
Check the minimum annual salary you'll need to be paid on a Skilled Worker or Health and Care visa if you're under 26, studying, training or in a postdoctoral role.
Find the annual going rate for jobs that are eligible for certain Global Business Mobility visas.
Find the annual going rate for jobs that are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa and the Health and Care visa.
Check if an occupation code is eligible for the PhD salary discount on the Skilled Worker or Health and Care visa routes - and how much you'll need to be paid.
Use this step-by-step manual if you are a sponsor who is applying for a defined certificate of sponsorship (CoS)
Apply to extend your permission to stay as a child under 18 with a relative who is not your parent, has protection status in the UK and has not yet settled.
Policy statement on eligibility for the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
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.
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.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
This guidance explains who needs to enter the ballot before applying for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa and how the ballot system works.
To help sponsors create and assign individual and batches of confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS).
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people applying on the basis of long residence in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing and calculating the continuous residence requirements under Appendix Continuous Residence.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS). This document should be viewed with the SMS manual 8a.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you're applying from inside the UK.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
A step-by-step manual for bulk data transfer of confirmations of acceptance for studies.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
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.
Claim forms and guidance for people who may be able to claim compensation through the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on the knowledge of language and life in the UK requirement.
Immigration staff guidance for decision makers considering cases under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on travel document checks.
This guidance explains how to enter the ballot to apply for the India Young Professionals Scheme visa, and how the ballot system works.
Visa fees transparency data for all applications made from outside and within the UK.
Immigration and nationality fees for all applications made from outside and within the UK.
List of authorised organisations for Innovator Founder and Scale-up visas.
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 a person’s relationship with their partner.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Germany for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Kazakhstan for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Sri Lanka for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Thailand for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Morocco 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 Zambia for your UK visa application.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Guyana 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.
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.
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.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in India 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 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 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.
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 licensing authorities on how to check the immigration status of people who apply for a taxi or private hire licence.
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.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine 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.
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 if you are applying for immigration bail from immigration detention or if you are not detained, applying to change your immigration bail conditions.
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).
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.
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 applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.
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.
Immigration staff guidance on handling asylum claims from applicants who have a UK visa or have applied for one.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from seamen arriving in the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in India for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Namibia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Kenya for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Russia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Panama for your UK visa application.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications from people who wish to enter or remain in the UK as a dependent family member.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Papua New Guinea for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for entry or leave as an adopted child or a child coming to the UK for adoption.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Malaysia 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.
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.
Apply to extend your permission to stay as a child under 18 with a relative who is not your parent, has protection status in the UK and has not yet settled.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the Gambia 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 the Democratic Republic of Congo for your visa application.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
This report shows the number of illegal working civil penalties from 1 October to 31 December 2023.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the North West.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in Wales and the South West.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in London and the South East.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside.
A quarterly report listing the fines (civil penalties) for illegal working given to employers in the Midlands and East of England.
Immigration staff guidance on discretionary leave.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ethiopia for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Cameroon for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China 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.
Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan 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.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Register as a British citizen if you were born on or after 1 January 1983 and lived in the UK until the age of 10.
Apply by post to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1 July 2006 to a British father and your parents were not married.
Apply to become a British citizen again after giving up (renouncing) citizenship 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.
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.
Register for British citizenship 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 and are a stateless person born before 1 January 1983.
Register for British citizenship or as a British subject if you are a stateless person born on or after 1 January 1983.
Form to register as a British overseas territories citizen after giving up (renouncing) citizenship: form RS2.
Apply by post to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1983 to a British mother.
Register as a British citizen if you were born after 1 July 2006 to a British father where your mother was married to 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.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Belarus for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the age of an applicant when they claim to be a child.
Request an exemption from the knowledge of language and Life in the UK Test requirement because of a long term physical or mental condition.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on the Global Talent visa category.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bangladesh 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.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Data on immigration and protection activities.
Data on visas and citizenship activities.
Data on UK Visas and Immigration sponsorship activities.
Apply for citizenship as a direct descendant of a citizen of the UK and Colonies who was born in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Form to register a child under 18 as a British Overseas citizen: form MN3.
Form to register a child under 18 as a British subject: form MN4
Register as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post and have certain other types of British nationality.
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)).
New proposals will further crackdown on student visas, ensuring only genuine students can come to the UK; route will be kept under 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.
Immigration Rules archive for 11 April 2024 to 15 May 2024.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Hong Kong for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Iraq for your UK visa application.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications from stateless people.
Immigration staff guidance on considering claims based on family life (as a partner or parent) or exceptional circumstances.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China for your UK visa application.
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.
Immigration detention policy on adults who may be at risk of harm in detention.
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 dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Register a child under 18 as a British citizen 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.
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).
Organisations funded to provide support to vulnerable and at-risk EU citizens applying 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.
For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Detention service order 07/2012 on medical appointments outside the detention estate.
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 India for your UK visa application.
Claim forms and guidance for people who may be able to claim compensation through the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Iran for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ecuador for your UK visa application.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine 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.
Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a person on the International Agreement route.
Guide to the sponsorship documents that businesses and educational institutions must keep.
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 on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
Immigration staff guidance on the policy on applications for a visa or visa extension under a Temporary Work route.
Guidance for Ukrainian nationals and their immediate family members to come to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.
Ukrainians already in the UK with a visa will 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 on assessing whether an applicant has met the English language requirement.
The Ukraine Family Scheme closed at 3pm on 19 February 2024. You can no longer apply under this scheme.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it handles applications made outside the UK from seafarers.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Bhutan for your UK visa application.
Information on eVisas and why you need one.
Videos explaining what an eVisa is and how to access one.
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 on referring potential victims of modern slavery/human trafficking to the national referral mechanism.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in India 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.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Visit the UK for medical treatment - check if you’re eligible and if you need a visa, what visa to apply for, what to do when you travel to the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider article 8 ECHR cases when deporting a criminal.
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.
Immigration staff guidance on handling cases about pending prosecution.
Immigration staff guidance on arranging removals for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
A list of endorsed funders approved by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for Global Talent.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
A list of employing or hosting institutions approved by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for Global Talent.
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.
Instructions to local authorities about funding for the support and care of former and unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC).
Customer service standards for visit and transit visa applications if you're applying from inside or outside the UK.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Guidance on referring potential victims of modern slavery/human trafficking to the national referral mechanism.
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.
Guidance on how to apply for a visa for a Commonwealth country or British overseas territory.
Guidance on what to do if you get an email, telephone call or letter from someone pretending to be the Home Office.
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 process and assess asylum claims related to the clearance of the Calais camp.
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 administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Questionnaire used by UK Visas and Immigration when an applicant may be in a polygamous or potentially polygamous marriage.
Guidance on returning immigration offenders to their country of origin.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters 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.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Azerbaijan for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on the allocation of non-detained asylum accommodation.
Immigration staff guidance on managing an applicant's biometric information.
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 administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on permitting access to public funds.
Guidance for banks and building societies on carrying out immigration status checks on current account holders and applicants.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Ghana for your UK visa application.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Georgia for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on administrative and criminal powers for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters 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.
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine 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.
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.
Information on eVisas and why you need one.
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.
Immigration staff guidance on arranging removals for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on arranging removals for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.
List of authorised organisations for Innovator Founder and Scale-up visas.
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 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Fiji 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.
Find out how and when to apply for settled status now that the UK has left the EU.
Template letter to help resolve a dispute before court proceedings are started in relation to immigration and nationality decisions (the 'pre-action protocol').
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Visa Schemes and Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Zimbabwe for your UK visa application.
Immigration staff guidance on how to process and assess asylum claims under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China 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.
Application form for the Windrush Scheme.
Claim forms and guidance for people who may be able to claim compensation through the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance for decision makers considering cases under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for defined certificates of sponsorship (DCoS) under the points-based system (PBS).
Immigration staff guidance on registering asylum claims and completing the screening process for asylum claimants.
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).
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 the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS).
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 Rules archive for 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Cambodia for your UK visa application.
Guidance on support available to Ukrainian nationals and their family members.
Set up a UKVI account and access your eVisa if you have a biometric residence permit (BRP).
Information on eVisas and why you need one.
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 Ghana 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 the Philippines 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).
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.
Immigration staff guidance on International Forces and International Civilian Employees.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Haiti for your UK visa application.
Immigration Rules archive for 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024.
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 and calculating the continuous residence requirements under Appendix Continuous Residence.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024.
Immigration Rules archive for 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024.
Immigration staff guidance on Appendix HM Armed Forces.
Immigration staff guidance on the commencement of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB).
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 staff guidance on assessing whether an applicant has met the English language requirement.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider applications from people applying on the basis of long residence in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with family applications.
Immigration staff guidance on Appendix HM Armed Forces.
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 authorised organisations for Innovator Founder and Scale-up visas.
Information about fees for citizenship and right of abode applications and payment slip.
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.
A list for employers to check if their staff have the right to work in the UK.
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.
Immigration staff guidance explaining how to consider applications for entry clearance, permission to stay or settlement following a grant of the coronavirus extension concession (CEC) or the exceptional assurance (EA) concession
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Armenia for your UK visa application.
Guidance for sponsors on sponsoring a worker.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Brunei for your UK visa application.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Immigration staff guidance on the allocation of non-detained asylum accommodation.
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.