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Information on using the app to apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to come to the UK.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Form BOR1422 is used when clearing missing or delayed baggage through UK customs controls at ports or airports.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
Information from the National Health Service on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living
Use the IHT404 with form IHT400 to give details of all UK assets the deceased owned jointly with another person.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in China, including guidance on residency, healthcare and travel.
A collection of University case studies with an intellectual property focus.
Use the IHT403 with form IHT400 if the deceased had given away or 'transferred' any assets, such as cash, property or land.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
A to Z on content relating to infectious diseases.
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.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
You can confirm your property details or report any changes to them by submitting a check to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)
A collection of guidance about how to protect, manage and enforce copyright. Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works.
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.
Form TASD111: Notice of Application for Direction for Succession Tenancy on Death.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
Attorney General's guidelines for prosecutors on the use of the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud. First published 2007.
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