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The process when a British national dies in Spain, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Legal guidance for deputies and attorneys on the rules about giving gifts on behalf of the person they act for.
Guidance for medical practitioners completing a medical certificate of cause of death in England and Wales.
How to arrange a consular marriage, including giving notice, what to bring to the ceremony and which countries offer the service.
Local authorities, police and NHS staff can find out about the information we have on our registers in England and Wales and how to ask for it.
Information about moving to, living or retiring in the Philippines – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guidance has been written to help the donor avoid making errors when they fill out a lasting power of attorney (LPA) form.
What British nationals need to do to get married in Japan, including what documents you need.
An HMPPS Policy Framework for working with domestic abuse that takes account of a range of domestic abuse contexts and the need to protect victims and children.
Find out how to get help if you have concerns that someone is being abused or neglected under a lasting power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or deputy court order.
Find out the methods available for paying your deputyship fees.
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in France, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The Office of the Public Guardian's approach to family care payments, also known as gratuitous care payments.
What British nationals need to do to get married in China, including what documents you need.
This is guidance to medical practitioners on notifying deaths to the coroner.
How you can request to search the Public Guardian registers and request additional information.
Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.
The process when a British national dies in Switzerland, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
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