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This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Renew and pay for a GB or European patent online - when renewal is due, fees, renew by post or phone instead
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
Find out if you need to declare goods you bring into or take out of the UK and how to make the declarations.
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.
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
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.
Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
How to object to the registration of a lasting or enduring power of attorney - including forms and fees
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
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