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Advice and guidance from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) for British nationals travelling and living abroad.
This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.
This guidance explains who the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can help outside the UK.
FCDO travel advice aims to inform British nationals so they can make decisions about travelling abroad. This page sets out how the FCDO assesses risks and compiles travel advice.
Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad
Advice for British people with mental health needs, and their families and carers, while travelling or living abroad.
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
The British Consulate General in Los Angeles maintains and develop relations between the UK and the USA.
How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
How the British embassy or consulate can help, including contacting family, UK prison transfers, money transfers and complaining about mistreatment.
Advice on actions you may need to take and the support available from the FCDO and others when a British person dies abroad.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.
Official information British people moving to and living in the United States of America (USA) need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.
What you need to do if you're planning to start higher education in the EU.
What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council
It is your responsibility to make sure you can access enough money to pay for all your costs and to avoid getting into financial difficulties abroad.
Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK
This page provides information about some of the actions you may need to take if you are a UK national living abroad and you are returning to the UK permanently.
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