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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Astana (formerly Nur-Sultan).
How someone in Portugal can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified and obtain informative notes.
Affirmation/Affidavit of marital status for British nationals
Advice on legalising documents, getting married, and registering a birth or death abroad, and information on services available at UK embassies and consulates worldwide.
Affidavit of marital status for British nationals in Vietnam.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission and Deputy High Commissions in India.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission in Singapore.
Order an official birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate from the General Register Office (GRO) if you need a copy or want to research your family tree.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
Documents, certificates and letters available at the British Embassy Quito.
How someone in Hungary can get documents witnessed or certified, have an oath, affirmation or affidavit administered and obtain informative notes.
Download a notice and an affirmation so you can apply for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) from a British embassy in Sweden by post.
Documents and certificates available at British Embassy Moscow.
How someone in Finland can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
How someone in Denmark can get a certified copy of a British passport, obtain documents for marriage purposes and view informative notes.
How someone in Belgium can get an informative note, or take an oath of British citizenship.
Documents and certificates available at British Embassy in Tashkent.
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
How someone in Bulgaria can get documents certified, united or legalised, have a document prepared in English or the local language and view informative notes.
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