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Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross.

Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London, it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping district.

The entire town had a population of 192,064 as of 2011, whilst the wider borough had a population of 384,837.

A visa is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory.

Visas typically include limits on the duration of the foreigner's stay, areas within the country they may enter, the dates they may enter, the number of permitted visits, or if the individual can work in the country in question.

Visas are associated with the request for permission to enter a territory and thus are, in most countries, distinct from actual formal permission for an alien to enter and remain in the country.

In each instance, a visa is subject to entry permission by an immigration official at the time of actual entry and can be revoked at any time.

Visa evidence most commonly takes the form of a sticker endorsed in the applicant's passport or other travel document but may also exist electronically.

Some countries no longer issue physical visa evidence, instead recording details only in immigration databases.

London is the capital and largest city of England, and the United Kingdom, with a population of around 8.8 million, and the largest city in Western Europe by metropolitan area, with a population of 14.8 million.

It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea and has been a major settlement for nearly two millennia.

The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and retains its medieval boundaries.

The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament.

Since the 19th century, the name "London" also refers to the metropolis around this core, historically split among the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised Greater London, which is governed by and the Greater London Authority.

Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom, controlled by British immigration law and to an extent by British nationality law, has been significant, in particular from the Republic of Ireland and from the former British Empire, especially India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Caribbean, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Hong Kong.

Since the accession of the UK to the European Communities in the 1970s and the creation of the EU in the early 1990s, immigrants relocated from member states of the European Union, exercising one of the European Union's Four Freedoms.

In 2021, since Brexit came into effect, previous EU citizenship's right to newly move to and reside in the UK on a permanent basis does not apply anymore.

A smaller number have come as asylum seekers (not included in the definition of immigration) seeking protection as refugees under the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention.

A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions.

A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practise there as such.

For example, in England and Wales a solicitor is admitted to practise under the provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974.

With some exceptions, practising solicitors must possess a practising certificate.

There are many more solicitors than barristers in England; they undertake the general aspects of giving legal advice and conducting legal proceedings.