Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Foreign &
Commonwealth
Office
Commonwealth
Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has closed. It’s been replaced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
FCDO guidance, services and information
These services are now provided by FCDO:
History of FCO
FCO was a ministerial department from October 1968 to September 2020. It merged with the Department for International Development to create FCDO.
Documents
Services
- Bring your pet to Great Britain: step by step
- Letter of consent form for child applying for an emergency travel document
Guidance and regulation
See all guidance and regulationPolicy papers and consultations
- UK Commonwealth Cyber Security Programme: case studies
- UK candidate for the International Law Commission elections 2021, Professor Dapo Akande: election brochure