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Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK

If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...

• Overview

  As a personal representative (an executor or administrator) you’re legally…

• Settling debts and taxes

  You must pay any debts and settle the taxes for the person who died. This…

• Managing and selling assets

  You may have to pay taxes for the estate if there is any new income while…

• Reporting an estate’s income to HMRC

  You may need to send information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about…

• Distributing the estate

  Once you have paid any debts and taxes, or you are sure the estate has…

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, video and telephone calls

  Letters You can contact a prisoner by writing to them. Write the person’s…

• Email and social media

  Prisoners are not allowed to access social networking websites (such as…

• Banned items

  You must not send or give anything to a prisoner that: is indecent or…

• Sending money

  You can send money to someone in prison by making an online payment by…

• Visiting someone in prison

  You can make an online request to visit someone in prison in most cases.…

Nominate someone for an honour or bravery award (called a gallantry award), read the New Year honours list - BEMs, MBEs, OBEs, knighthoods, outstanding achievements and contributions to public life.

An overview of voting in the UK, including voting in person, postal and proxy voting, and voting if you're abroad.

How to tell Companies House you have verified someone's identity.

• Updated: 8 April 2025

The process when a British national dies in Venezuela, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

• Updated: 16 September 2025

The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.

Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions