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Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
You can make a claim for a ‘declaration of presumed death’ from the High…
Download and fill in a claim form (N208) with details about: yourself -…
You must advertise your application in a newspaper local to the missing…
You’ll have to attend a hearing about your claim with a High Court judge -…
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing payments to cover loss of earnings
As an employer, you have certain tax, National Insurance and reporting…
If the lost-time payment only replaces an employee’s lost earnings, you…
If the lost-time payment is more than an employee’s lost earnings, you…
The following guides contain more detailed information: employment income:…
Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.
You can make a claim to cancel (‘revoke’) or change (‘vary’) the details…
Download and fill in claim form N208. You’re known as the ‘claimant’ if…
You must advertise your claim in a newspaper local to the missing person’s…
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
The process when a British national dies in Vietnam, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
How to report a person who's gone missing or a child who's run away - including if you lose contact while they're abroad
Find out about the symptoms of COVID-19, what to do if you or your child has them and when to get medical help.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
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