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FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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Official information British people moving to and living in the United States of America (USA) need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.
If you’re travelling abroad, it's important to take out appropriate travel insurance before you go.
Find out about the VAT liability of insurance transactions and insurance related services.
Pay voluntary National Insurance for periods abroad.
How and when you can claim relief on the earnings of qualifying veterans.
Find out about our Overseas Investment Insurance policy: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
This is a tax on insurers and covers general insurance premiums. Find out about rates, exemptions, registering, record keeping and payments.
Apply for a certificate to confirm that you only need to pay UK National Insurance contributions if you're a self-employed individual working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
How Income Tax and National Insurance contributions rules work if you’re a share fisher.
Find out about cover policy and indicators for countries and territories that are covered by UK Export Finance.
Ask HMRC to confirm you only pay UK National Insurance contributions whilst working in a country which has a social security agreement, also known as a reciprocal agreement with the UK.
Apply for your first National Insurance number - you must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Find out which stocks and shares you can purchase, make or hold in an investor's stocks and shares ISA.
Statistics on NI contributions, people who qualify for State Pension and people with some kind of second tier pension cover.
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