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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
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Create an account with the UK ID issuer for business or product IDs if you're involved in the supply of tobacco products in the UK.
Information about the UK’s points-based immigration system for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
How UK nationals who plan to live in Spain for more than 3 months must register as a resident and on the padrón at their town hall.
Information on using the app to apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to come to the UK.
How to apply for British citizenship if you're a British overseas citizen, protected person, subject, national or overseas territories citizen - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application.
Apply for a certificate to confirm that you only need to pay UK National Insurance contributions if you're a self-employed individual working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
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
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
Apply by post to register as a British citizen if you were born before 1983 to a British mother.
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Guidance for applicants outside the UK. It explains the steps to applying for and being granted a visa to live in the UK.
Sign up for alerts about applications for UK trade marks or international registrations
What you need to do to place a medical device on the Great Britain, Northern Ireland and European Union (EU) markets.
Apply for a certificate to confirm you only pay UK National Insurance contributions when you're working in 2 or more countries in the UK, EU, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
This form should be completed and handed in at the counter with your documents to be legalised and your online payment receipt.
Official information British people moving to and living in Canada need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.
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