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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Get a passport for your child or baby - renewals and first child passports, application form, supporting paperwork, eligibility, costs
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
Application form and guidance notes about correcting the details on a birth registration.
If you're a sperm donor, you could be the legal parent of any child that is born
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Application to register an overseas birth.
When and how to identify your kids and goats with tags.
This overview of the NHS newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) explains how a baby’s hearing is tested, and the equipment used for the tests.
Find out how to manually calculate Statutory Maternity Pay if your payroll software or the GOV.UK calculator does not work out your employee’s payments.
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.
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.
What to do when paying maternity pay if an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or is awarded a pay rise.
Working, time off and financial support when you have a baby, registering a birth
Application form to order a copy of a birth certificate registered in England and Wales.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
Form C51: Application for a Parental Order (Section 54 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008).
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