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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.
Apply for a higher education course, track your application and accept or reject your offers.
A checklist from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to help British people prepare for travelling and staying safe abroad.
Identity cards have been scrapped - what to do if you still have one, biometric residence permits, identity cards for foreign nationals
Renew and pay for a GB or European patent online - when renewal is due, fees, renew by post or phone instead
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
Check how quickly you’ll receive a decision on your UK visa application if you are applying from outside the UK.
List of fees for consular information in the USA.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Spain, including guidance on residency, healthcare and passports.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Austria, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
Essential information for British nationals residing in Costa Rica, covering topics like driving, employment, the health system and schools.
How UK nationals who plan to live in Spain for more than 3 months must register as a resident and on the padrón at their town hall.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Lithuania and how to get one if you do.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British consulate in Argentina.
Application pack to get a certificate of custom and law for marriage in Belgium by post.
Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
How to access the essential information you need when living in Taiwan as a British national.
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