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Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
How investigators and sponsors should manage clinical trials during COVID-19
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
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.
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.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Find out about the changes if you are exporting personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
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...
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
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
You must tell DVLA if you have a brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis - download the correct form to let them know
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