UK help and services in Botswana

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Botswana. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Botswana.

Emergency help for British nationals in Botswana

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Botswana

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Botswana

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Botswana

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Botswana

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Botswana

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

  • What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

  • Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are working in abroad.

  • How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

  • Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

  • Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Botswana

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.
  • Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

  • 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.

  • Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

  • Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.

  • This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Botswana, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

  • The process when a British national dies in Kenya, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

News and events in Botswana

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Botswana.

Trade and invest: Botswana

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Botswana.
  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Botswana

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British High Commission in Botswana maintains and develops relations between the UK and Botswana.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

  • The process when a British national dies in Kenya, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.