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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.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
Visit the UK as a Standard Visitor for tourism, business, study (courses up to 6 months), medical treatment and other activities. Find out whether you need a Standard Visitor visa, or can visit without a visa.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Find out how to complete and submit an Other Interest (OI) return using the HMRC spreadsheet or electronic flat text file.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Information on how to gain a UK CoC for Engineering/Electro-Technical Officers or Engineering Watch Rating Certificate
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The New Active Substance Work Sharing Initiative (NASWSI) has successfully approved several medicines through this international collaboration and continues to foster cooperation and strong relationships between its Access partners. The Biosimilar Work Sharing Initiative (BSWSI) builds on this success.
Sets out COVID-19 testing for hospice patients and staff.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
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