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What to do if you're visiting the UK for a holiday or to see family or friends: check if you’re eligible, if you need a visa, and what to do before you visit.
Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
Use this form to claim Sure Start Maternity Grant by post.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Find out how to exchange your non-GB driving licence for a British licence
Providing your biometric information and supporting documents for visa and immigration applications within the UK; UKVCAS service point locations; cost of appointments.
Reply to a jury summons online
How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.
Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
Find driving instructors near you who are approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
Find out if your council collects recycling, how to recycle household waste such as mobile phones, computers, packaging and green waste
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
Change the amount of vehicle tax you pay when you change your vehicle's engine size, fuel type, or if it becomes exempt from vehicle tax.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a Skilled Worker, T2 or tier 2 visa - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
The European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) - which countries are in the EU and EEA, the single market and free movement of goods, capital, services and people
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