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Cancel (withdraw) a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application and get a refund on your application fees, immigration health surcharge and priority service fee.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee or volunteer: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
A deed poll recognises a change of name of an adult or child - make your own, use official forms, or get one through a specialist agency or solicitor.
Check how much student finance you could get - get a quick estimate of what student loans, grants, bursaries and other funding you could get - for full-time, and part-time students
Update your vehicle log book (V5C) and send it to DVLA to change your name.
Get help with savings if you're on a low income (Help to Save) - how it works, what you'll get, eligibility, how it affects your benefits and how to apply online.
How to report and pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT).
Check a business's EORI number, used to import and export goods from the UK
When to tell DVLA about a medical condition or disability - what will happen to your licence, renewing or reapplying for your licence.
Proof of Child Benefit - what you can use.
Get a new energy certificate for your property: energy performance certificate (EPC), display energy certificate (DEC) or air conditioning inspection certificate. Find an assessor to get a certificate.
How to pay or challenge a penalty charge notice (PCN) or parking ticket - fixed penalty notice (FPN), standard or excess charge notice.
How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.
Use HMRC's Stamp Taxes Online service to file your Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) return if you're a solicitor, agent or legal conveyancer.
How to register for VAT, change your details, cancel your registration, register for VAT in EU countries.
Cancel your practical driving or riding test if you no longer need it: how much notice to give, getting a refund and what to do if you have to cancel at short notice.
Register with BCMS's online service to register cattle births and report cattle deaths and cattle movements online
Apply for council housing through your local council - you'll usually have to join a waiting list
There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.
Find out how to pay a local council for a parking fine or parking ticket - if it’s a penalty charge notice (PCN)
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