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The process for recording and approving a defence-recognised Established Long-Term Relationship (LTR(E)).

• Updated: 17 January 2025

Married Couple's Allowance could reduce your tax bill each year you're married or in a civil partnership if one of you was born before before 6 April 1935

• Overview

  Married Couple’s Allowance could reduce your tax bill by between £436 and…

• What you'll get

  Married Couple’s Allowance could reduce your tax bill each year if you’re…

• Eligibility

  You can claim Married Couple’s Allowance if all the following apply:…

• How to claim

  If you fill in a Self Assessment tax return each year Claim by completing…

• Further information

  Transfer unused Married Couple’s Allowance after the tax year ends If your…

Work out whether you can claim Married Couple's Allowance (MCA) and find out how much you could get taken off your tax bill

Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates

Apply for a Scale-up Worker visa if you’ve been offered a skilled job with a fast-growing UK employer - eligibility, fees, documents, extend, switch or update, bring your partner and children.

Apply for an International Sportsperson visa if you're an elite sportsperson or coach with sponsorship - getting sponsored, eligibility, documents, extend your visa, family members

The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.

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 on additional...

Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle

• Updated: 1 January 2005