• Immigration

  Get advice on moving to and staying in the UK, including dealing with visas.

  • Staying in the UK after Brexit
  • Applying for British citizenship
  • Problems with applications and documents
  • Visas for family and friends
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  • Trafficking
  • Deportation and living in the UK illegally
  • Windrush scheme
  • Benefits, services and your immigration status
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• Get specialist immigration advice

  Check what help you can get from Citizens Advice or find a specialist immigration adviser.

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• Immigration status - impact of bankruptcy

  Explains how going bankrupt could affect your application for british citizenship.

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  • Debt and money
  • Debt solutions
  • Bankruptcy
  • Is bankruptcy right for you?

• Accessing UK benefits and services if you’re subject to immigration control

  Check the benefits you can claim and services you can use if you’re ‘subject to immigration control’ or have ‘no recourse to public funds’.

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• Your options if you're in the UK illegally

  How to get British citizenship or a legal immigration status if you're living in the UK illegally

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• Staying in the UK on a visa without your partner

  If you’re in the UK as a dependant on your partner’s visa, you’ll need to check your eligibility to stay in the UK and apply for a new visa if you can. If you’re not eligible to stay in the UK you might have to leave.

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• If your visa application is delayed

  How to find out what is happening to your visa, if it is delayed and you are waiting for a decision.

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• Applying for British citizenship

  How to prepare to apply for British citizenship: the Life in the UK Test, English language and residency requirements.

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• Registering a civil partnership

  Information on how to register a civil partnership covering who can register, the cost of registering and special rules for sick and disabled people and people from abroad.

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  • Family
  • Living together, marriage and civil partnership

• Proving your right to live in the UK with the Windrush scheme

  Find out how to prove your right to live in the UK if you arrived before 1989 or your parents arrived before 1973.

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