Immigration & Visas
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The main routes into the UK and how they really work.
The Skilled Worker visa explainedSponsorship, salary thresholds, the points system, and what changing jobs means for your visa.
Student visa and the Graduate routeCAS, financial requirements, work-hour limits while studying, and the post-study Graduate visa.
eVisa, BRP and proving your immigration statusThe UK has moved to digital immigration status. How to access your eVisa, generate share codes, and what happened to BRP cards.
Bringing partners and children to the UKDependant visas for workers and students, and the separate family (spouse/partner) route with its minimum income requirement.
Visa fees, the health surcharge and extensionsApplication fees plus the Immigration Health Surcharge make UK visas expensive — budget per person, and apply to extend before your visa expires.
Sticking to your visa conditionsWork limits, study restrictions and 'no recourse to public funds' are legal conditions — breaching them or overstaying can wreck future applications.