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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.
Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
Guidance for organisations when making decisions about the design and operation of enterprise IT services which handle OFFICIAL information.
Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
What you need to know before you can place a medical device on the Great Britain market with a UKCA mark.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Having right of abode means you're allowed to live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions - apply for a certificate of entitlement to prove you have it.
Getting a faster decision on a visa or settlement application; priority service, super priority service; waiting times; how to check if you're eligible
Apply for a Senior or Specialist Worker visa to work for your employer’s UK branch - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.
Renew and pay for a GB or European patent online - when renewal is due, fees, renew by post or phone instead
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
Find out about changes to the deemed domicile rules for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax from 6 April 2017.
Information about the EU Regulations and their implementation in Northern Ireland
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
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