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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.
Visit for tourism, business or a short stay (up to 6 months), airport transit visas
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
If you are in Hong Kong, our guides explain which visa is right for you and how to apply.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Baku.
How someone in Poland can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Advice on legalising documents, getting married, and registering a birth or death abroad, and information on services available at UK embassies and consulates worldwide.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British embassies in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
How someone in the Netherlands can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Check if you need a UK visa, how to apply, sign in, manage your application, biometric residence permits (BRPs), share codes
Student visas for courses, degrees and independent schools
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British Consulate-General Hong Kong and in Macao.
How someone in Austria can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Harare.
Skilled Worker visa, Graduate visa, other work visas, right to work
The following assistance is available to education institutions that hold a Student or Child Student route licence.
Documents, certificates and letters available at the British Embassy Quito.
Statistics on visa applications for people coming to the UK for work and study.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British embassy in Thailand.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy in Caracas.
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