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The process when a British national dies in Portugal, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
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.
Find contact details of court-approved professionals working as panel deputies in the north east of England.
This page provides information on what to do if OPG can't investigate your concern.
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for financial decisions.
Information for UK nationals on how to order copies of Portuguese birth, death or marriage online certificates.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
This guidance explains how to fix an inconsistency relating to your name, as a UK national in Italy, so you can prove your identity to access local services.
Find contact details of court-approved professionals working as panel deputies in the west of England.
How to manage a bank or building society account for someone else.
List of UK-based funeral directors for British nationals when someone dies abroad.
How to make a summary decision on court costs in a fast track case or after a short hearing lasting up to a day.
The process when a British national dies in Cape Verde, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Use this guidance to apply to be a panel deputy.
Find out how OPG contacts customers and what to do if you are worried a call, email or message is not genuine.
Find out about the help you can get in the UK and abroad, including from victim support and the local British embassy or consulate.
The process when a British national dies in Poland, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on a number of issues related to fixed costs charged by professional and public authority deputies
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
The UK government's offices in India no longer issue ‘No Objection Certificate’ for marriage registrations to British nationals.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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