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Ms Samantha Job CMG MVO has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden in succession to Ms Judith Gough CMG.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Venezuela, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
Documents and certificates available at the British Embassy Rabat, Morocco.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Bulgaria, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
Ify joined the team in the British Embassy Tallinn in October 2021. She is a career diplomat, having joined the Diplomatic Service in 1995. During her career, Ify has served in a number of overseas posts, most recently as Deputy...
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications from members of the British Diplomatic Service and British Diplomatic Missions abroad.
Peter Millett was the British Ambassador to Libya from July 2015 until January 2018. He has served in a number of positions in the British Diplomatic Service since joining in 1974: British Ambassador to Jordan (2011 to 2015), High Commissioner...
Advice on legalising documents, getting married, and registering a birth or death abroad, and information on services available at UK embassies and consulates worldwide.
Documents and certificates available at the British Embassy in Minsk.
Patrick Reilly took up post as Deputy Head of Mission at the British High Commission in Wellington in January 2011. Patrick is a career diplomatic service officer. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1995 and worked on the...
Andrew Staunton took up his appointment in Atlanta as Her Majesty’s Consul General in June 2018. Andrew is the senior UK government representative in the Southeast United States responsible for relations with the states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South...
Paul Rennie is the Head of the Global Economy Group at the British Embassy, Washington DC, leading the UK’s climate and energy, economic and trade, and science and technology networks across the United States. Prior to that, he led the...
Kim’s diplomatic career spanned 3 decades and was primarily focussed on national security issues and European Union policy. Before serving as the British Ambassador to the USA from 2016 until 2019, Kim was the Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor, from...
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has today summoned the Russian Ambassador Andrey Kelin following allegations of Russian orchestrated malign activity on UK soil.
Tom Burn became Deputy Representative to Taiwan in July 2021. Tom joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1999. Prior to his arrival in Taiwan, his most recent diplomatic posting was as Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, 2017-2020. His...
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Democratic Rep. of Congo including advice on health, education, benefits and residence requirements.
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
How someone in Italy can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Ambassador Martin Harris hosted a Burns Night supper, supporting local artists in solidarity with Ukrainian people and in defiance of Putin’s barbaric war.
Essential information for British nationals residing in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
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