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Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
Apply by post to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1983 to a British mother.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
How to file an update statement for an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers.
Apply for the Registered Traveller service to get through UK border control faster and without filling in a landing card
How to conform with the legal requirements for placing medical devices on the market.
How UK nationals who plan to live in Spain for more than 3 months must register as a resident and on the padrón at their town hall.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Check if you can apply for Authorised Use relief to reduce your payments when you import goods for a specific use. This can include repairs, maintenance or processing.
Apply for Temporary Admission to import goods to the UK, or move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, and use them temporarily before re-exporting them.
Details of General Licences issued by OFSI
Use this form to confirm convention country priority claim relating to UK application for registered design.
Use this form to apply to register a change of ownership or give notice of rights acquired in a patent or in an application for a patent.
Find UK trade data from HMRC. Look up data about imports, exports, commodities and traders.
How to apply for British citizenship if you're a British overseas citizen, protected person, subject, national or overseas territories citizen - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application.
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
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