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Informative note about changing your name in the UK (in English and Spanish).
Informative note for British nationals who want to enter into a marriage or PACS (civil partnership) in France and have a different name to the one on their birth certificate.
Informative note about registering a child with one or two surnames.
Informative note about validity of foreign marriages in the UK.
How someone in Portugal can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified and obtain informative notes.
This guidance explains how to fix an inconsistency relating to your name, as a UK national in Italy, so you can prove your identity to access local services.
Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively
How someone in Belgium can get an informative note, or take an oath of British citizenship.
How someone in Italy can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
How British nationals in Luxembourg can obtain information about getting married or download and print informative notes.
How someone in Austria can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
How someone in France can get documents certified, united or legalised, have a document prepared in English or the local language and view informative notes.
How to get state healthcare if you live, work or study in Croatia.
How someone in Spain can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
How someone in Switzerland can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, make an affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes.
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