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For visa or citizenship applications, you may need to prove your knowledge of English by passing a secure English language test (SELT).
Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical providers, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.
How you can show you know English when you apply for citizenship and to settle in the UK, and when you do not have to
You might need to prove your knowledge of the English language if you’re…
You do not need to prove your knowledge of English if you’re: aged 65 or…
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Resources and training to learn English.
A list of English-speaking notaries in Italy for British people in that country.
National and regional support with learning English as a second language.
List of English-speaking Notaries Public for British nationals in Indonesia.
Lists of English-speaking doctors, medical facilities and practitioners around the world to help British people abroad access healthcare.
This rapid review drew primarily on academic and grey literature published in the last 10 years
List of medical facilities/doctors for British nationals in Republic of Congo.
Lists of English-speaking Lawyers and Notaries for British nationals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
List of English-speaking lawyers for British nationals in Nicaragua.
List of English speaking medical facilities for British nationals in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
List of English-speaking medical facilities and practitioners for British nationals in Germany.
List of English-speaking lawyers for British nationals in Costa Rica.
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