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Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Guidance on how to prove someone’s identity or give them access to your service or organisation.
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
We are here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. GDS is part of the Cabinet Office .
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Use a global project licence to simplify the export of military goods and technology classed as collaborative defence projects.
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
Guide to licensing requirements and restrictions for trade control and the export of controlled military goods, software and technology.
UK Visas and Immigration now manages applications for people who want to visit, work, study or settle in the UK. Previously, this was part of UKBA (UK Border Agency) which closed in 2013.
Guidance on patents hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
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