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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
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
Review of research evidence and statistics on grandparents who provide childcare.
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
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
This document tells HM Passport Office staff what information we need about a customer’s parents and grandparents and what to do if information is missing.
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
How to work out and apply the residence nil rate band (RNRB) for Inheritance Tax in different circumstances.
Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney
Use form CA9176 to apply for Class 3 National Insurance credits from 6 April 2011, if you've provided care for a child aged under 12.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
This page contains documents relating to the Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1269) ("Grandfather Rights” Regulations).
How to provide evidence that you're a family member of an EEA or Swiss citizen or person of Northern Ireland.
Paper prepared by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
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