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Apply for a Secondment Worker visa to work for a UK organisation as part of a high-value contract - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
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Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Use these EU country codes, VAT numbers and foreign language letters to complete an EC Sales List (ESL).
Information for prospective growers of low THC cannabis (industrial hemp), for the production of seed and fibre only.
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You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
The Traffic Commissioner for London and the South East's written decision for Hi-Stanford Scaffolding Ltd (OK2042641)
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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