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Use this form to apply in advance for a passport using your new name.
How you can have a marriage annulled, the reasons you can give for annulling a marriage and the forms you will need to apply for an annulment. This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.
Annulment (sometimes known as ‘nullity’) is a different way of ending a…
You and your husband or wife can choose to work out: arrangements for…
You can apply to have your marriage annulled as soon as you get married.…
The other person must respond to your nullity application within 14 days,…
6 weeks after you get the conditional order or decree nisi you can apply…
Married Couple's Allowance could reduce your tax bill each year you're married or in a civil partnership if one of you was born before before 6 April 1935
Work out whether you can claim Married Couple's Allowance (MCA) and find out how much you could get taken off your tax bill
Apply for a visa to visit the UK if you want to marry or register a civil partnership within 6 months - eligibility, documents, how to apply, how much it costs
You must use form LA1 to apply to re-register a child’s birth following the marriage or civil partnership of natural parents.
Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.
Married couples and those in civil partnerships could reduce their Income Tax by up to £252 a year by sharing their Personal Allowances.
A bride and groom in Cheshire have thanked contractors working on Britain’s new high speed railway, after coming to the rescue on the eve of their wedding.
Archaic rules that stopped couples getting married or registering a civil partnership in England and Wales outside daytime hours will come to an end this autumn.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Tackling poverty and promoting a strong, cohesive society through strengthening families and the instituion of marriage.
New research suggests fewer than half of LGB&T couples research whether a destination is LGB&T-friendly before travelling overseas
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