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Updated: Service now available in Luton.
Use this guide to find the details of local authorities in England that offer a document return service for UK nationality applications.

See Nationality document return service: Greater London for details of nationality document return services in London.

Updated: Updated register published.
This document lists institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under Tier 4. It includes information about the category of students they’re licensed to sponsor and their sponsorship rating.

Updated: Updated register published.
This document lists Tier 2 and 5 sponsors. It includes information about the category of workers they’re licensed to sponsor and their sponsorship rating.

Updated: Updated paper application form and included a link to the online application form for applicants applying outside the UK.

If you are applying from outside the UK you must use the online application form.
You must use the paper form above ‘Windrush Scheme application (UK)’ if you are applying inside the UK.

Introduction for Windrush applicants

This information is for Commonwealth citizens and their children (the ‘Windrush generation’), and some other long term residents of the UK who do not have documents to demonstrate their status. The Windrush scheme explains the groups who are eligible and the documents they may receive.

The Windrush scheme started on 30 May 2018.

Applicants applying in the UK must apply using the paper application form (see above).

Applicants applying from overseas must apply using the online application form.

The Windrush taskforce will contact postal and online applicants by phone or email if they need further information to decide their applicati..

The new route, announced during London Tech Week, will widen the applicant pool of talented entrepreneurs and make the visa process faster and smoother for entrepreneurs coming to the UK. It will replace a visa route which was exclusively for graduates, opening it up to a wider pool of talented business founders.

It will require applicants to have acquired an endorsement from a university or approved business sponsor, including accelerators.

Entrepreneurs play a key role in creating jobs and driving economic growth in the UK and the changes announced today will ensure the UK remains a world-leading destination for the best global talent.

The visa route has been designed following advice from the Migration Advisory Committee and feedback from the tech sector and other stakeholders.

The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, said:

The UK can be proud that we are a leading nation when it comes to tech and innovation, but we want to do more to attract businesses to the UK and our migration sys..

Updated: Updated guidance.
UK Visas and Immigration guidance for how it considers applications from an extended family member of an EEA or Swiss national for a document to confirm a right of residence under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.

Updated: Updated appointment details for Auckland.
Read this document if you’re in New Zealand and you need to find out how to apply for a UK visa. It includes information about:

applying online
paying fees
visa application centres
posting forms
biometric residence permits
the priority visa service

Updated: Updated NRM forms.

Announcement

Three new measures to improve the way in which victims of modern slavery are identified and supported have been announced, following a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Modern Slavery Taskforce.

The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) – the system by which victims of modern slavery are identified and provided with support – will be reformed to improve both the decision-making process and support offered. The first measures to be announced, as part of a broader package of reforms which will be announced in due course, include:

a single, expert unit will be created in the Home Office to handle all cases referred from front line staff and to make decisions about whether somebody is a victim of modern slavery. This will replace the current case management units in the National Crime Agency and UK Visas and Immigration and will be completely separate from the immigration system

an independent panel of experts will be introduced to review all negat..

Updated: Updated application form.

You can now apply online.

If you are eligible you can apply for British citizenship by naturalisation.

You should read:

guide AN which helps you fill in the form
booklet AN which summarises the legal requirements for applying
You can also read informtion on fees for citizenship applications.

Updated: Added CPIN for Iran, June 2018
Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.