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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
You can apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa if your child attends an independent school in the UK.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Apply for financial help to pay for university, higher and further education if one of your parents died while serving in the armed forces - who can apply, how much you can get, how to apply, how long it takes
The Month of the Military Child each April celebrates Service children.
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Parents can use this form to record an agreement that the biological father should be granted parental responsibility for the child.
Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.
Guidance for sponsors about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah’s Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.
Three pieces of research to understand the barriers to progression faced by women in the workplace and what works for employers to overcome them.
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
How to apply to have your child returned if they've been abducted, or arrange contact or enforce a court order in EU, Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 24 April 2024.
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
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
Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, how long it takes and how much it costs
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
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