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UK visa & immigration (gov.uk)
- Home Office immigration & nationality fees (master table)
Effective 8 April 2026 — the canonical fee table
- Skilled Worker visa
- Skilled Worker — your job
- Skilled Worker — when you can be paid less
- Student visa
- Standard Visitor visa
- UK family visa
- Health and Care Worker visa
- Global Talent visa
- Graduate visa
- Innovator Founder visa
- Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR)
- British citizenship — apply with ILR
- EU Settlement Scheme
- British National (Overseas) visa
- Long Residence
- UK Ancestry visa
- Immigration Rules — Part 9 (grounds for refusal)
- Life in the UK Test
- English language requirements
- TB test for visa applicants
- ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme)
- Register of licensed worker sponsors
- Register of licensed student sponsors
- Good character — nationality policy guidance
UK tax & pay (HMRC + gov.uk)
- HMRC — income tax rates and allowances
- HMRC — National Insurance rates and thresholds
- HMRC — Capital Gains Tax
- HMRC — Inheritance Tax
- HMRC — Stamp Duty Land Tax
- HMRC — Self Assessment
- HMRC — Tax codes
- HMRC — VAT
- HMRC — Pension allowances
- HMRC — Marriage Allowance
- GOV.UK — Minimum Wage rates
- GOV.UK — Statutory Sick Pay
- GOV.UK — Holiday entitlement
ONS — statistics & cost-of-living
UK admin lookups
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