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Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
Renew and pay for a GB or European patent online - when renewal is due, fees, renew by post or phone instead
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Having right of abode means you're allowed to live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions - apply for a certificate of entitlement to prove you have it.
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Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Check the tariff classification for dried buffalo ears and dried beef meat scraped off from the throat, for use as animal feed.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Information on how to revalidate a UK CoC (and UK GMDSS at the same time).
Export controls applying to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related activities - transfer of technology and provision of technical support
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
The civil procedure rules govern the way civil cases are managed, and set out the processes of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Find out about the changes if you are exporting personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic.
Nigeria is subject to regional controls governing small arms and light weapons.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
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