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Move to United Kingdom: routes and requirements

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70 published pathways16 categoriesStructure updated 2026-09-06
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United Kingdom at a glance

Current published coverage and the date of the latest review.

Published pathways
70
Route types
16
Verified facts
0
Structure updated
2026-09-06

Pathways by category

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Ancestry Return

2 pathways

Citizenship or Residence by Ancestry

UK Ancestry

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Business Self Employment

1 pathway

Entrepreneurship & Self-Employment

Innovator Founder

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Cultural Religious Volunteer

4 pathways

Cultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities

Creative Worker

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Cultural, Religious & Volunteer Activities

Minister of Religion

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Family

12 pathways

Free Movement

3 pathways

Free Movement & Regional Mobility

Frontier Worker permit

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Humanitarian Protection

11 pathways

Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection

Asylum claim

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection

Humanitarian protection

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Asylum, Refugee & Humanitarian Protection

Refugee permission

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Medical Treatment

1 pathway

Other Special

4 pathways

Other Special

VIP Delegate Visa

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Residence Based Status

6 pathways

Stay, Settle or Change Status

Returning Resident

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Short Stay Visit

3 pathways

Visit & Short Stay

Marriage Visitor

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Visit & Short Stay

Standard Visitor

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Sports

1 pathway

Study

4 pathways

Study & Training

Child Student visa

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Study & Training

Graduate visa

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Study & Training

Student visa

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Talent Merit

2 pathways

Talent & Exceptional Achievement

Global Talent

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Transit

1 pathway

Work

13 pathways

Work & Job Search

Scale-up Worker

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Work & Job Search

Skilled Worker

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Youth Mobility

2 pathways

Working Holiday & Youth Mobility

Youth Mobility Scheme

Programme status
— To be confirmed on the route website

Application and authority portals

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