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Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
Letters You can contact a prisoner by writing to them. Write the person’s…
Prisoners are not allowed to access social networking websites (such as…
You must not send or give anything to a prisoner that: is indecent or…
You can send money to someone in prison by making an online payment by…
You can make an online request to visit someone in prison in most cases.…
How to book and make a secure video call with somebody in prison.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
There are 6 different types of British nationality. These are: British…
You can live and work in the UK free of any immigration controls if you’re…
British overseas territories citizenship was called ‘British dependent…
You became a British overseas citizen on 1 January 1983 if both of these…
Until 1949, nearly everyone with a close connection to the United Kingdom…
Someone who was a British overseas territories citizen by connection with…
You would have become a British protected person on 1 January 1983 if you:…
Find out about terrorist threat levels, national measures against terrorism and how to report suspect activity
Check a list of recent phone contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a phone call you've received is a scam.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
To help our investigations report all HMCTS-related suspicious phone calls, emails, and text messages.
An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.
Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
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