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What to do if you're visiting the UK for a holiday or to see family or friends: check if you’re eligible, if you need a visa, and what to do before you visit.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
How to get contact with your grandchildren if parents divorce or separate and will not let you see them: mediation, applying for a court order
Information on accessing healthcare for citizens from EU countries, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland living in or moving to the UK.
Find out if there's a family hub in your local area. Family hubs are a single place to get support for children, young people and families. This can include baby groups and parent classes, counselling services and financial advice.
Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
When you can share information about your case, what you can share and what to do if someone else shares information.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Find out how you should prepare for a telephone or video court or tribunal hearing and what to expect on the day.
Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education
The family procedure rules are a single set of rules governing the practice and procedure in family proceedings in the high court, county courts and magistrates' courts.
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
Compare visas to visit, work, study or join a family member already in the UK. How to apply and what the decision on your application means.
Hewell is a men’s prison in the village of Tardebigge, near Redditch in Worcestershire.
A guide for Service families about applying for, maintaining, moving in and out of and living in UK Service Family Accommodation (SFA).
How to observe a hearing as a journalist, researcher or member of the public.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
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