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Check a UK VAT registration number is valid. Prove when you checked a number.
How to make a lasting power of attorney (LPA): starting an application online, choosing an attorney, certifying a copy, changing an LPA.
Contact details for Student Finance England - including complaints and student finance appeals, Advanced Learner Loan.
Search for import and export commodity codes and for tax, duty and licences that apply to your goods.
Tables showing the rates for vehicle tax for different types of vehicle.
Application for a vehicle registration certificate, also known as a log book (V5C).
How to apply, how long it takes, how much it costs, track your application, unexpired visas, replacing a damaged passport.
Check the status of your passport after applying for a new passport or to renew or replace an existing passport
Renew or get vehicle tax if you do not have your reminder letter (V11), email or text message - renew online or at the Post Office with your V5C.
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Apply for a Skilled Worker visa (formerly a Tier 2 General work visa) if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children, taking …
Make a request for a social visit to someone in a prison in England and Wales
How and when to report changes that affect your Child Benefit payments, such as earnings going above £60,000. How to update a change of address or bank details.
If you live in England and work you may be able to get free childcare for a child aged 9 months to 4 years old. Check if you're eligible and how and when to apply.
Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes
Calculate how much statutory redundancy you can get based on age, weekly pay and number of years in the job
Apply online for student finance - online applications for student finance including Tuition Fee Loans, Maintenance Loans and Grants.
Check details of a tenant's right to rent if they’re not a British or Irish citizen and they’ve given you a share code.
Search online for a will, grant of representation or probate document for a death in or after 1858
Attendance Allowance helps with extra costs if you're State Pension age and disabled: rates, eligibility, claim form AA1, claiming due to a terminal illness.
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