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Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
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.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Nigeria is subject to regional controls governing small arms and light weapons.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Information on embargoes on West African States and how to apply for an export licence.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
A CV is a summary of your skills, achievements and experience that you use to apply for jobs. Check advice on what to include and how to make it stand out.
Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Australia.
Goods that are controlled and how to get licences for them, the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, dealing with the Export Control Organisation (ECO).
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
Find schemes that have told HMRC they meet the conditions to be a recognised overseas pension scheme (ROPS).
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
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