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How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Make a request for a social visit to someone in a prison in England and Wales
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
Find out how the Prevent programme supports people who are at risk of becoming involved with terrorism through radicalisation.
Nominate someone for an honour or bravery award (called a gallantry award), read the New Year honours list - BEMs, MBEs, OBEs, knighthoods, outstanding achievements and contributions to public life.
The process when a British national dies in the UAE, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
What to do if a British national goes missing abroad, reporting it to the police and how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and others can help.
Send money to a prisoner in England and Wales by debit card for free
Use Form COP1C to describe the decisions you need to make for someone about their will or codicil, gifts, deed of variation or settlements of property.
How to find a new guest that is already in the UK.
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
What to do if someone you know is having issues with their benefits: the ways you can manage their claim and how to call a helpline to ask for help.
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