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How someone in Poland can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
How to apply for British citizenship if you're a British overseas citizen, protected person, subject, national or overseas territories citizen - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application.
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Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
How someone in Slovakia can get documents certified, have an oath, affirmation or affidavit administered and obtain informative notes.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
Documents and certificates available at British Embassy Moscow.
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.
Find out about changes to the deemed domicile rules for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax from 6 April 2017.
Documents and certificates available at the British Embassy in Minsk.
How someone in Latvia can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Details of General Licences issued by OFSI
How someone in Switzerland can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, make an affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes.
Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.
How to apply for British citizenship if you're stateless - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application
How someone in Belgium can get an informative note, or take an oath of British citizenship.
How to access the essential information you need when living in Taiwan as a British national.
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