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Providing your biometric information and supporting documents for visa and immigration applications within the UK; UKVCAS service point locations; cost of appointments.
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Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
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Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
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Guidance on how to prove someone’s identity or give them access to your service or organisation.
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Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
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