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Order an official birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate from the General Register Office (GRO) if you need a copy or want to research your family tree.

Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

• Overview

  You can get certain official UK documents ‘legalised’ by submitting them…

• Apply for legalisation

  Apply online for a paper-based apostille or an e-Apostille. To apply,…

• Get help with your application

  Contact the Legalisation Office if you have: a question about how the…

How long you can stay in the EU or Schengen area without a visa, when you travel from the UK.

Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.

Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction

Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and have not got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings

Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.

Nominate someone for an honour or bravery award (called a gallantry award), read the New Year honours list - BEMs, MBEs, OBEs, knighthoods, outstanding achievements and contributions to public life.

Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.

Postgraduate funding for overseas students studying in the UK: types of scholarship, eligibility, how to apply

Check the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office created an Apostille - verify a legalised document

Find out how to convert a same-sex civil partnership into a marriage, costs, converting abroad.

Affirmation/Affidavit of marital status for British nationals

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others

Nulla Osta application forms for British nationals getting married in Italy.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others

How to report a person who's gone missing or a child who's run away - including if you lose contact while they're abroad

What to do if you or someone you know is being forced into getting married, how you can try to stop the marriage from taking place, and what to do if you want to leave a forced marriage

Marital status certificate for marriage in Spain.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Letter of consent form for those who have parental responsibility for child applying for an emergency travel document (ETD).

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others

Example certificate for Marital Status for marriage in Spain.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others