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Having right of abode means you're allowed to live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions - apply for a certificate of entitlement to prove you have it.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
Pharmacovigilance system requirements
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Use form C88 (status) as proof of authorisation to import or export for the country of destination.
Use supplementary pages SA109 to record your residence and domicile status on your SA100 Tax Return.
Student visa - check which courses you can study, prepare supporting documents, apply, what happens at the UK border
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
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