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This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
The Approved Documents provide guidance on ways to meet the building regulations.
Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.
You can get certain official UK documents ‘legalised’ by submitting them…
Apply online for a paper-based apostille or an e-Apostille. To apply,…
Contact the Legalisation Office if you have: a question about how the…
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
Documents you need when you get asked for a criminal record check when applying for a role
How to apply for a document to travel outside the UK if you're not British and you cannot use or get your own national passport.
Find a list of document status codes for Data Element 2/3 of the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 5B).
Information for EU citizens and their families applying to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Form DL: list of documents that accompany a first registration application.
Ofqual's formal legal list of Regulatory Documents (documents containing additional rules and guidance for regulated qualifications).
A collections page for framework documents between sponsor departments and their arm’s length bodies.
Use this service to create a UK storage document for fish and shellfish that have been imported or landed directly into the UK for storage, ready for export.
How to set out your charity's purposes and rules in its governing document, how to start using it and how to change it.
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
Find out how to prove your right to work in the UK to an employer. Get an online share code to prove your right to work if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
The most recent version of Approved Document A (structure) and all the associated documents.
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