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Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
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
Get information on teacher training courses, funding, pay scales and how to make a great application
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a British public service broadcaster. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. BBC is a public corporation of the Department for Culture,...
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Information for HM Passport Office staff about countries and territories beginning with the letters C to F.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.
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.
We pursue our national interests and those of British citizens. We safeguard the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners. FCDO is a ministerial department, supported by 12 agencies and public bodies...
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
The National Archives is the official archive and publisher for the UK government and for England and Wales. It is the guardian of some of our most iconic national documents, dating back over 1,000 years. The National Archives is a...
Use these EU country codes, VAT numbers and foreign language letters to complete an EC Sales List (ESL).
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