Travel abroad

• Foreign travel advice

  Latest travel advice by country including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health

• Getting married abroad

  Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

• Payment for certificates to get married abroad

  Pay for documents you need to get married abroad from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

• Taking your pet abroad

  Taking pets abroad on holiday or to live - before you leave, rules for different countries, travelling with assistance dogs, and the PETS travel scheme contact information

• Driving abroad

  You'll need a Great Britain or Northern Ireland licence to drive abroad and an International Driving Permit in some non-EU countries

• Register a birth abroad

  Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK

• Claiming benefits if you live, move or travel abroad

  Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

• Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports

  Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids

• Bringing food, animals or plants into the UK

  Bringing animals, plants or food into the UK - pet passports, plant health certificates, the rules around meat, dairy and fish products

• Bringing goods into the UK

  Bringing in goods when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, EU and non-EU arrivals, and banned and restricted goods

• Travelling with controlled drugs

  You must get a licence if you're entering or leaving the UK for 3 months or more with a controlled drug - how to apply, exceptions, Home Office Licensing Section

• Your rights at the airport

  Your rights and security searches, body scans and privacy rules if you're disabled or taking medication aboard aircraft

• Get help if you're a victim of crime abroad

  Contact the nearest British embassy, commission or consulate to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

• Help if you're arrested abroad

  Find out what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can do to help if you or someone you know is arrested abroad.

• Taking a vehicle out of the UK

  Taking your car out of the UK - when VAT is not payable on a car you are exporting, procedures, registration and vehicle tax

• Forced marriage

  What to do if you or someone you know is being forced into getting married, how you can try to stop the marriage from taking place, and what to do if you want to leave a forced marriage

• Female genital mutilation (FGM)

  Female genital mutilation (FGM) is illegal in the UK whether it's carried out here or abroad - find out how to report it if you think someone's in danger or if you suspect they're a victim

• Get a document legalised

  Get a UK public document legalised - application form, fees, payment methods, postal addresses

• Check if documents can be legalised

  Find out which documents the Legalisation Office can legalise - confirming the signature, seal or stamp on a document is genuine

• Pay to get documents legalised by post

  Pay the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to legalise UK public documents

• Pay to legalise documents using the premium service

  Pay the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to use the premium drop-off service to legalise UK public documents

• Report or prevent international parental child abduction

  Sources of help and advice if you need to report or prevent international parental child abduction

• Bringing cash into the UK

  If you bring €10,000 or more in cash, or the equivalent in another currency, to the UK from outside the European Union (EU) you must declare it

• Shipping goods

  Transporting within in the UK, to the EU or internationally - shipping notes, licenses, duties and regulations

• Compensation for victims of terrorist attacks abroad

  Compensation for terrorist attacks abroad - eligibility, acts of terrorism covered, application form, helpline

• Apply for a European Health Insurance Card

  Apply for or renew your free European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) online.

• Compensation if you're a victim of crime abroad

  If you're a UK resident and have been injured because of a violent crime abroad, you can usually apply for compensation

• Get permission to take a child abroad

  Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction

• Importing and exporting by post

  VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods sent in the post

• Importing vehicles into the UK

  Importing vehicles into the UK - register imported vehicles, Mutual Recognition scheme, type approval, vehicle excise duty and VAT

• Register a death

  Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad

• Register for the legalisation premium service

  Get your documents legalised while you wait by registering your business for the legalisation premium service

• Registered Traveller Service

  Check if you're eligible and use the online application form to sign up with the pilot Registered Traveller Service for non-EEA nationals travelling to the UK

Additional detailed guidance from government departments

• Education materials about overseas travel

  Teaching and learning materials for schools and students on how to plan gap years, travel insurance and staying safe overseas.

• Help for British nationals travelling overseas

  Guidance for travellers and for agencies who provide support to UK citizens overseas.

• Pet travel and welfare

  Includes travelling with assistance dogs, quarantine and animal welfare legislation