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Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Invite expectant fathers for sickle cell and thalassaemia screening when the mother carries an unusual haemoglobin gene.
Application form and guidance notes on how to remove the wrong fathers details from a birth registration.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
Statistics on appeals against admission decisions in primary and secondary schools.
Information regarding aspects of education for service children in the UK, this will vary depending on where they live or may move to.
DNA testing can be used in child maintenance or inheritance disputes, or applications for contact with a child or for a child to settle in the UK
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
Form N266: Notice to admit facts / admission of facts.
How to provide evidence that you're a family member of an EEA or Swiss citizen or person of Northern Ireland.
What to do if you go into a care home and you get benefits
If you’re coming to the UK, you’ll need to prove you have enough money to support yourself and any dependants in the UK.
A father who ran an illegal waste business with his son at their home in Cornwall was sentenced to a suspended jail sentence by magistrates.
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