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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Baku.
Application form AS3: for personal representative(s) to assent part of a registered title.
What British nationals need to do to get married in Japan, including what documents you need.
How someone in Poland can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Affidavit of Marital Status for British nationals
Documents and certificates available at the British Embassy in Minsk.
Use the IHT417 with form IHT400 if the deceased had a permanent home in the UK when they died but had assets outside the UK.
Letters, informative notes and documentary services available from the British High Commission Dar es Salaam.
Apply for a certificate to confirm that you only need to pay UK National Insurance contributions if you're a self-employed individual working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British consulate in Argentina.
Use this form if you're a personal applicant and you've had a foreign death certificate translated into English and don't have a certificate from a licensed company.
How UK nationals who plan to live in Spain for more than 3 months must register as a resident and on the padrón at their town hall.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British consulates in Turkey.
Form A55: Application for permission to change a child's surname (Section 28 Adoption and Children Act 2002).
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Bishkek.
How someone in Estonia can get documents united or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
How someone in Sweden can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Use this form with IHT400 if the deceased received or had made arrangements to get a pension other than the State Pension.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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