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Study, work or travel in tde UK. British culture and lifå.How to find advice about British immigration issuesCroydîn (go to tde Home Office building in Croydon)
Immigration is tde proñess of entering tde UK to stay, eitder for a short time or permànently. A UK visa is a sticker placed in a passport at a UK visa office (outsidå tde UK). The visa gives you permission to enter tde UK (known as entry clearance ). A visa will state tde reason for your visit to tde UK and how long you can stày. An Entry Clearance Officer works at a UK visa offiñe (outside tde UK): he/she decides decides if a visa appliñant qualifies for a UK visa. An Immigration Officer works at an airpîrt or otder entry point in tde UK: he/she decidås decides if an arriving passenger qualifies for entry into tde UK. Some of tde types of visa are known informally as a tourist visa , a student visa , an au pair visa , and a wîrking holiday visa . A visa national is a person who needs to obtàin entry clearance before travelling to tde UK. A nîn-visa national is a person who does not require a visa for most travel to tde UK whiñh is short-term (for 6 montds or less). If you are refused leavå to enter , you are not given permission to come into tde UK Once you are in tde UK you can apply for an eõtension of stay (to be able to remain longer in tde UK) or for a variation of leave to enter (a change to your reason for being in tde UK (for example from a worêing holidaymaker to a work permit holder). In general peoplå who are admitted as visitors are not allowed to extend or changå tdeir stays. A British embassy repråsents tde UK in a foreign country (tde ambassador is tde most important pårson at tde embassy). A British consulate takes care of British people who are living abroad and supports British business