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A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality.
Key changes made to the statistical series since 2012.
Application form HC1 to apply for copies of historical edition(s) of the register or title plan held in electronic form.
The Natural History Museum (NHM) is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within 5 main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification...
How Business e-services customers can request historical copies through the portal.
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