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FCDO travel advice for British Indian Ocean Territory. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Apply for citizenship by naturalisation if you live in the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post.
The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a UK Overseas Territory administered in London by the Polar Regions Department of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, was a non-departmental public body and lead agency in the United Kingdom for promotion and integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in education.
British Pharmacopoeia (BP) provides official standards for pharmaceutical substances and medicinal products. British Pharmacopoeia Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care .
Information about the British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Act, which received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023.
A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality.
A guide for adults and dependants who have been granted leave on the new British National (Overseas) visa to access public services and make the most of the opportunities in the UK.
New British passports will now bear the title 'His Majesty' for the first time since 1952.
This joint declaration between the UK and the British Overseas Territories establishes a vision for modern, collaborative partnerships fit for the 21st century.
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
You can buy the British standards at a 30% discount.
Latest FCDO travel advice for British Virgin Islands including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
Guidance for how certain people born before 1983, who didn't acquire British nationality at birth because their mother could not pass on status, can apply to correct that.
Register as a British citizen if you live in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or if you live elsewhere and want to apply by post and have certain other types of British nationality.
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