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The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
Find news, information and advice from the government on starting or growing your business.
Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
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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.
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.
Find out if you need to declare goods you bring into or take out of the UK and how to make the declarations.
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.
How to apply for British citizenship if you're stateless - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application
Find out about changes to the deemed domicile rules for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax from 6 April 2017.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
How to object to the registration of a lasting or enduring power of attorney - including forms and fees
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.
The civil procedure rules govern the way civil cases are managed, and set out the processes of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court.
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...
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