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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Apply for citizenship if you have a British overseas territories parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Providing your biometric information and supporting documents for visa and immigration applications within the UK; UKVCAS service point locations; cost of appointments.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Find out how to prove your right to rent in England to a landlord. Get an online share code to prove your right to rent if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
How someone in Croatia can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Apply for a British National (Overseas) visa (known as a BNO visa) to live, work and study in the UK if you or a family member are from Hong Kong and registered as a British national (overseas).
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
How someone in Romania can get documents certified or united and obtain informative notes.
How someone in Austria can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British consulate in Argentina.
Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available in North Macedonia by local notaries or lawyers.
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
How someone in Bulgaria can get documents certified, united or legalised, have a document prepared in English or the local language and view informative notes.
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