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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
Use the IHT417 with form IHT400 if the deceased had a permanent home in the UK when they died but had assets outside the UK.
Application form AS3: for personal representative(s) to assent part of a registered title.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Use this form if you're a personal applicant and you've had a foreign death certificate translated into English and don't have a certificate from a licensed company.
Affidavit of Marital Status for British nationals
Use the IHT419 if you have included a deduction on form IHT400 for any loans, overdrafts, or money spent on behalf of the deceased that is to be repaid out of the estate.
Application form AS1: for personal representative(s) to assent the whole of a registered title.
Use this form with IHT400 if the deceased received or had made arrangements to get a pension other than the State Pension.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Baku.
Check whether an exemption may apply to the information you want to request
Apply for probate or confirmation if there's Inheritance Tax to pay, or if the deceased's estate does not qualify as an 'excepted estate'.
How to get copies of Inheritance Tax forms that are not available online.
Use the IHT403 with form IHT400 if the deceased had given away or 'transferred' any assets, such as cash, property or land.
Form A55: Application for permission to change a child's surname (Section 28 Adoption and Children Act 2002).
How someone in Estonia can get documents united or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Use form IHT401 with form IHT400 if the deceased had their permanent home outside the UK when they died.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission in Singapore.
How someone in Austria can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
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