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Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes

Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

• Overview

  You can get certain official UK documents ‘legalised’ by submitting them…

• Apply for legalisation

  Apply online for a paper-based apostille or an e-Apostille. To apply,…

• Get help with your application

  Contact the Legalisation Office if you have: a question about how the…

The European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) - which countries are in the EU and EEA, the single market and free movement of goods, capital, services and people

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

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

What to do if you go to work or retire abroad - sending HMRC a P85 or tax return, paying National Insurance and claiming benefits, visiting the UK after you've left

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)

Check if you need an international driving permit (IDP) to drive abroad on holiday and how to exchange your licence if you move abroad - including driving in the EU after Brexit.

How to vote if you move or live abroad, including eligibility and registration

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

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 visiting when you work abroad.

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

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

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.

Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.

Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control

Declaration confirming that there are no legal reasons why you should not be married in Italy.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others

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

Self-declaration form for British nationals who need a certificate of custom for PACS (civil partnership) or marriage in France.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office