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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
An emergency travel document lets you travel from abroad if you need to…
Before you apply, check if an emergency travel document will be accepted…
Help available and steps you should take if you have a medical emergency or are hospitalised abroad, including for planned treatment.
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
Marketing standards for hops producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
Take your pet dog, cat or ferret abroad: getting a pet passport or export health certificate, microchip, vaccinations and tapeworm treatments.
Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.
Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.
Life-saving and fire-fighting equipment that ships must carry and how to maintain and service it.
Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer documents you need to legally cross international borders in a UK-registered vehicle.
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
To export hops and hops products to the European Union (EU) or to move them to Northern Ireland (NI), you must enrol with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) before you can apply for and receive EU Attestations of Equivalence (AoE).
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
If a British person is kidnapped abroad, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office will try to do everything we can to make sure they are released safely.
Check which vehicle documents you need to carry if you drive a bus or coach across international borders.
Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.
This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.
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