This page gives details of organisations that may be able to give you help or useful information while you are working in the United Kingdom.
The work permits customer contact centre can answer general enquiries about work permits.
If you need advice on your immigration status, such as applying for a residence card after you have worked here for 12 months, you should contact the Immigration Enquiry Bureau. You can find their contact details on the right side of this page.
For information on obtaining a National Insurance number, you should contact the Department for Work and Pensions if you are in England, Scotland or Wales:
Phone: 020 7712 2171
If you are in Northern Ireland, you should contact the Department for Social Development.
For information about tax and National Insurance contributions, or to register if you are self-employed, you should contact HM Revenue & Customs.
Phone: 0845 915 4515.
0870 606 7766
UK Border Agency Lunar House, 40 Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR9 2BY
0114 207 4074
Customer Contact Centre, UK Border Agency, PO Box 3468, Sheffield, S3 8WA
020 7636 4030
Trade Union Congress, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS