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Buy a vehicle - how to check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle. Registering, taxing and insuring your vehicle.

Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe

FCDO travel advice for Angola. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 10 December 2025

• Warnings and insurance

  Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  This guide also has safety advice for regions of Angola. Terrorism There…

• Regional risks

  This section has safety advice for regions of Angola. It only covers…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Latest FCDO travel advice for Qatar. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 14 April 2026

Providing advice on purchasing a repaired ‘written off’ vehicle and what you should know.

• Updated: 26 October 2015

VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.

• Updated: 26 October 2015

How to identify and avoid buying fake car parts and how to report.

• Updated: 18 October 2024

• Updated: 18 October 2024

Rules on what motor insurance you need, what to do if you're in an accident, insurance for driving abroad, penalties for uninsured vehicles and drivers.