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Immigration staff guidance explaining how to calculate the 5 year continuous lawful period in the UK requirement for an applicant.
Guidance for sponsors on sponsor duties and compliance.
Check the national pay scales for teaching and education leadership jobs eligible for the Skilled Worker, Health and Care or certain Global Business Mobility visas.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1983 to a British mother.
A step-by-step manual to creating and assigning a certificate of sponsorship (CoS).
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born to a British father and your parents were not married.
Find out how to make a subject access request to see information held about you. You can also make a request for someone else.
Step-by-step guide to managing your sponsorship licence using the sponsorship management system.
Guidance to apply for a certificate of entitlement proving you have the right to live and work in the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in China for your UK visa application.
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.
Guide to the sponsorship documents that Worker and Temporary Worker sponsors must keep.
Guidance on what public funds are and whether you are able to receive help from them while you are living in the UK.
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria for your UK visa application.
Information about the UK’s points-based immigration system for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
Guidance on the priority change of circumstances service for Worker or Temporary Worker sponsors.
Information for applicants to the Health and Care visa.
Immigration staff guidance on assessing the good character requirement in nationality applications.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications for a fee waiver.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications to grant leave outside the Immigration Rules.
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