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Apply for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa to live and work in the UK if you’re from a participating country - fees, eligibility, how to apply.
Cancel (withdraw) a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application and get a refund on your application fees, immigration health surcharge and priority service fee.
Find out if you need to pay the immigration health surcharge as part of your visa or immigration application.
How you can show you know English when you apply for citizenship and to settle in the UK, and when you do not have to.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
How to apply for a document to travel outside the UK if you're not British and you cannot use or get your own national passport.
How to transfer your visa from an old passport to a new passport or biometric residence permit, or replace your visa.
Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
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.
Having right of abode means you're allowed to live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions - apply for a certificate of entitlement to prove you have it.
What to do if you're visiting the UK for a holiday or to see family or friends: check if you’re eligible, if you need a visa, and what to do before you visit.
Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Search for someone to help you with advice and applications to stay in the UK - free and paid-for services, adviser levels 1, 2, 3 and complaints.
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.
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.
Apply to study English language in the UK with a Short-term study visa. Check fees, eligibility, documents you need and how to apply.
Dual citizenship (also known as dual nationality) is allowed in the UK. Read the rules and how to apply.
Apply for asylum to stay in the UK as a refugee - eligibility, documents you need, how to apply, screening, asylum interview, help you can get, children
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