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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Information about the introduction of civil partnerships for opposite-sex couples.
As a British national you may be asked to provide this affidavit before local authorities in Vietnam to prove you are allowed to get married.
Documents, certificates, services available at British Embassy in Manila.
Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees
Bristol Prison is a men’s prison in the Horfield area of Bristol.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge on 2024.
Find out how to convert a same-sex civil partnership into a marriage, costs, converting abroad.
How to access the essential information you need when living in Taiwan as a British national.
Facilities for boaters at Environment Agency lock sites on the non-tidal River Thames and the River Kennet.
Nulla Osta application forms for British nationals getting married in Italy.
Consultation launched to strengthen safeguards for child strip search including the requirement to notify parents and guardians when a child is strip searched.
Table setting out the similarities and differences between civil partnership and marriage as it applies to same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
Information for British nationals living in Iran, with information on Iranian laws and customs, money, driving and property.
How to arrange a consular civil partnership, including giving notice, what to bring to the ceremony and which countries offer the service.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
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