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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out when you need to pay VAT if you provide holiday accommodation, caravans and camping facilities.
You have a right to choose who you marry, when you marry or if you marry at all.
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British embassies in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Apply to end your marriage or civil partnership because it is not valid (‘void’) or because it is otherwise defective (‘voidable’).
This collection brings together all documents relating to sham marriages, sham civil partnerships, and marriages or civil partnerships of convenience.
Apply for British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
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.
Parenting, civil partnerships, divorce and Lasting Power of Attorney
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
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy in Tunisia.
This report presents evidence from a comparative study of marriage, cohabitation, parenthood and divorce among adolescents and young people
A notice of marriage form for British nationals seeking to marry in Poland.
Advice on legalising documents, getting married, and registering a birth or death abroad, and information on services available at UK embassies and consulates worldwide.
Work out whether you can claim Married Couple's Allowance (MCA) and find out how much you could get taken off your tax bill
Affirmation/Affidavit of marital status for British nationals
How someone in Portugal can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified and obtain informative notes.
Marriage Allowance allows you to transfer some of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner: what you need, how to apply for free online.
How someone in Denmark can get a certified copy of a British passport, obtain documents for marriage purposes and view informative notes.
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