---
title: Creating a pull request from a fork
intro: You can create a pull request to propose changes you've made to a fork of an upstream repository.
redirect_from:
  - /github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork
  - /articles/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork
  - /github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork
  - /github/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork
permissions: 'Anyone with write access to a repository can create a pull request from a user-owned fork. {% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.emu-permission-propose %}'
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - Pull requests
shortTitle: Create a PR from a fork
---
If your pull request compares your topic branch with a branch in the upstream repository as the base branch, then your topic branch is also called the compare branch of the pull request. For more information about pull request branches, including examples, see "[AUTOTITLE](/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request#changing-the-branch-range-and-destination-repository)."

{% data reusables.pull_requests.perms-to-open-pull-request %}

1. Navigate to the original repository where you created your fork.
{% data reusables.repositories.new-pull-request %}
1. On the page to create a new pull request, click **compare across forks**.

   ![Screenshot of the page to open a pull request. The "compare across forks" link is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/pull_requests/compare-across-forks-link.png)

1. In the "base branch" dropdown menu, select the branch of the upstream repository you'd like to merge changes into.

   ![Screenshot of the page to open a new pull request. The dropdown menus for choosing the base repository and branch are outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/pull_requests/choose-base-fork-and-branch.png)

1. In the "head fork" dropdown menu, select your fork, then use the "compare branch" drop-down menu to select the branch you made your changes in.

   ![Screenshot of the page to open a new pull request. The dropdown menus for choosing the head repository and compare branch are outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/pull_requests/choose-head-fork-compare-branch.png)

{% data reusables.repositories.pr-title-description %}
{% data reusables.repositories.allow-maintainers-user-forks %}

{% data reusables.repositories.create-pull-request %}

{% data reusables.repositories.asking-for-review %}

## Further reading

- "[AUTOTITLE](/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks)"
- "[AUTOTITLE](/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork)"