Guidance and regulation

Get a goods movement reference to move goods through locations which use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 1 March 2024

What you need to know about crossing the UK border and visiting the UK.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 5 others
• Updated: 28 December 2023

Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.

• From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 31 January 2024

How to provide evidence of your UK residence if we can’t confirm this through an automated check of UK tax and some benefits records.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Updated: 20 September 2022

Current expected processing times for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.

• From: Home Office and 1 others
• Updated: 4 August 2023

Register for the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to get your goods through customs if you move goods through a border location in the UK that uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 17 December 2021

If you’re travelling abroad, it's important to take out appropriate travel insurance before you go.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 3 December 2021

The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.

• From: Home Office and 1 others
• Updated: 11 August 2023

What UK drivers need to do to drive when visiting the EU

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 1 April 2024

What you need to do to place a medical device on the Great Britain, Northern Ireland and European Union (EU) markets.

• From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Updated: 8 February 2024

Information for EU citizens and their families applying to the EU Settlement Scheme.

• From: Home Office and 1 others
• Updated: 13 March 2024

This page contains the Border Target Operating Model, our final plans for a new approach to importing goods into Great Britain, that will be progressively introduced from the end of January 2024.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Updated: 13 February 2024

How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and 1 others
• Updated: 4 April 2023

Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 8 June 2022

Immigration staff guidance on applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.

• From: Home Office and 1 others
• Updated: 9 April 2024

How to prepare if you trade and move goods in and out of Northern Ireland.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 20 February 2024

How to get state healthcare when you’re on holiday or travelling to Spain.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 2 September 2021

How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 15 February 2024

Driving licence exchange and rules for drivers living in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 23 February 2024

You can provide evidence of your UK residence using your National Insurance number when you apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 2 March 2022