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List of fees for consular information in the USA.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
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
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
We pursue our national interests and those of British citizens. We safeguard the UK’s security, defend our values, reduce poverty and tackle global challenges with our international partners. FCDO is a ministerial department, supported by 12 agencies and public bodies...
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Where to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in the USA for your UK visa application.
Use these EU country codes, VAT numbers and foreign language letters to complete an EC Sales List (ESL).
How to object to the registration of a lasting or enduring power of attorney - including forms and fees
Listing of countries with a known occurrence of high consequence infectious disease (HCID).
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Guidance on how to prove someone’s identity or give them access to your service or organisation.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
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