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Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
Apply for a transit visa if you stop at a UK airport on your way to another destination - types of visas, cost, documents, how to apply
How to apply for marketing authorisation via this new procedure.
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Information about the UK’s points-based immigration system for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens.
Use form C88 (status) as proof of authorisation to import or export for the country of destination.
Application pack to get a certificate of custom and law for marriage in Belgium by post.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Liechtenstein, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
How to access the essential information you need when living in Taiwan as a British national.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
How someone in Belgium can get an informative note, or take an oath of British citizenship.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
How someone in Poland can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
A checklist from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to help British people prepare for travelling and staying safe abroad.
This form should be completed and handed in at the counter with your documents to be legalised and your online payment receipt.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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