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Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
You can make a claim for a ‘declaration of presumed death’ from the High…
Download and fill in a claim form (N208) with details about: yourself -…
You must advertise your application in a newspaper local to the missing…
You’ll have to attend a hearing about your claim with a High Court judge -…
FCDO travel advice for USA. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
This travel advice also covers American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana…
This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…
Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…
Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…
Diseases and health problems in sheep and goats, including foot and mouth disease (FMD), scrapie and lead poisoning
Information about incidents and outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg, both viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF).
How to use a before-and-after study to evaluate your digital health product.
How to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
If you’re a legal representative, find out the information you need to tell HMRC to calculate the lump sum death benefit charge.
Many UK-based organisations can offer assistance, support and information to those affected by a death abroad.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Mexico, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in the Dominican Republic, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
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