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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.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
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.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
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.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Advice for medical professionals to follow when assessing drivers with neurological disorders.
How to apply for an exemption to use a restricted substance to manufacture electrical and electronic equipment.
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Guidance for organisations involved in any aspect of the pharmaceutical lifecycle or GLP studies regulated by MHRA, covering the approval of paper documents when working from home
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Colombia, including guidance on residency, passports, healthcare and emergencies.
Information on how to gain a UK CoC for Engineering/Electro-Technical Officers or Engineering Watch Rating Certificate
Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
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