Canada and the UK

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Canada. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK.

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1. British High Commission Ottawa
2. Canada travel advice
3. Canada – Consular Fees
4. Living in Canada
5. Notarial and documentary services guide for Canada

Emergency help for British nationals

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

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1. British Consulate-General Calgary

   The British Consulate-General in Calgary represents the UK government in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and provides services to British nationals.

2. British Consulate-General Montreal

   The British Consulate-General in Montreal represents the UK government in Quebec and provides services to British nationals.

3. British Consulate-General Toronto

   The British Consulate in Toronto represents the UK government in Ontario and provides services to British nationals.

4. British Consulate-General Vancouver

   The British Consulate-General in Vancouver represents the UK government in British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories and provides services to British nationals.

5. Canada – Prisoner Pack

   Explanation of the legal and prison system to British nationals

6. Compensation for victims of terrorist attacks abroad

   Compensation for terrorist attacks abroad - eligibility, acts of terrorism covered, application form, helpline

7. Compensation if you're a victim of crime abroad

   If you're a UK resident and have been injured because of a violent crime abroad, you can usually apply for compensation

8. Get help if you're a victim of crime abroad

   Contact the nearest British embassy, commission or consulate to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

9. Help if you're arrested abroad

   Find out what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office can do to help if you or someone you know is arrested abroad.

10. Rape and sexual assault abroad: returning to the UK

    Information for British nationals affected by rape or sexual assault abroad and returning to the UK, including how to access medical treatment and legal advice in the UK.

11. What to do if you’re affected by a crisis overseas

    Advice for British nationals affected by crises abroad, including terrorist attacks, natural disasters and major political unrest, and information on what help the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) can provide.

Passports and emergency travel documents

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

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1. Apply for or renew a British passport if you're visiting the UK

   You can apply for or renew a British passport while you're visiting the UK - as long as you expect to be in the UK for long enough

2. Cancel a lost or stolen passport

   What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently - emergency travel document and replacement passport.

3. Get an emergency travel document

   Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and haven't got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings

4. Overseas British passport applications

   Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes

Travelling to Canada

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

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1. Canada travel advice

   Latest travel advice for Canada including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health

2. Driving abroad

   You'll need a Great Britain or Northern Ireland licence to drive abroad and an International Driving Permit in some non-EU countries

3. Getting married abroad

   Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

4. Reduce your risk from terrorism while abroad

   How to minimise your risk and what to do in the event of a terrorist attack.

5. Taking a vehicle out of the UK

   Taking your car out of the UK - when VAT is not payable on a car you are exporting, procedures, registration and vehicle tax

Coming to the UK

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

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1. Check if you need a UK visa

   You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

2. Chevening Scholarships for students from overseas

   Chevening Scholarships are one-year Masters’ degrees for graduates from eligible countries who could be future leaders. Find out about eligibility and how to apply.

3. Contact UK Visas and Immigration about your application

   How to contact UK visas and immigration (UKVI) from inside and outside the UK.

4. Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back

   Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently

Living in Canada

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

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1. Canada travel advice

   Latest travel advice for Canada including safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and health

2. Canada – List of Lawyers

   List of English speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters

3. Check if documents can be legalised

   Find out which documents the Legalisation Office can legalise - confirming the signature, seal or stamp on a document is genuine

4. Get your document legalised

   Use the online service to get a UK document legalised

5. Living in Canada

   Advice for British people living in Canada, including information on health, benefits, residence requirements and more.

6. Support for British nationals abroad: A guide

   This guide highlights some of the main ways you can help yourself stay safe abroad and what help the FCO can provide.

7. Voting when you’re abroad

   How to vote if you're going to be abroad temporarily on election day, and what to do if you're moving overseas long term

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

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1. Claiming benefits if you live, move or travel abroad

   Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

2. Moving or retiring abroad

   What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

3. National Insurance if you go abroad

   Contact HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to find out if you need to pay National Insurance when you work abroad

4. Overseas Business Risk - Canada

   The Overseas Business Risk report provides information on security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Canada

5. State Pension if you retire abroad

   How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

6. Tax credits if you leave or move to the UK

   Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control

7. Tax on foreign income

   Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

8. Tax on your UK income if you live abroad

   Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

9. Work in another EU country

   UK citizens can work in any European Economic Area country and Switzerland without a work permit - where you can work, your rights, protection for posted workers and National Insurance payments

Birth, death and marriage abroad

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

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1. Canada Bereavement Pack/Information

   Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Canada.

2. Getting married abroad

   Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

3. Register a birth abroad

   Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK

4. Surrogacy overseas

   Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

5. What to do after someone dies

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

News and events

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Canada.

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1. UK and Canada

   Updates, news and events from the UK government in Canada

Trade and invest

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Canada.

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1. Business investment in the UK: Guidance for overseas businesses

   Guidance on why overseas companies should set up and locate their businesses in the UK. Includes information on UK business investment and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) opportunities.

2. Department for International Trade Canada

   Department for International Trade (DIT) helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK’s dynamic economy.

3. Exporting and doing business abroad

   What to do within or outside the EU, including checking if you need a licence

4. Set up a business

   What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits

5. UK Science and Innovation Network in Canada

   The Science and Innovation Network (SIN) plays an important role in encouraging prosperity and growth by fostering international scientific cooperation.

British embassy or high commission

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.

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1. British Consulate-General Calgary

   The British Consulate-General in Calgary represents the UK government in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and provides services to British nationals.

2. British Consulate-General Montreal

   The British Consulate-General in Montreal represents the UK government in Quebec and provides services to British nationals.

3. British Consulate-General Toronto

   The British Consulate in Toronto represents the UK government in Ontario and provides services to British nationals.

4. British Consulate-General Vancouver

   The British Consulate-General in Vancouver represents the UK government in British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories and provides services to British nationals.

5. British High Commission Ottawa

   We are the principal UK diplomatic post in Canada. Along with consulates general in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary, we are responsible for all aspects of the bilateral relationship with Canada.

6. Canada – Consular Fees

   Details of Consular Fees

7. Notarial and documentary services guide for Canada

   Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission in Canada.

8. UK Science and Innovation Network in Canada

   The Science and Innovation Network (SIN) plays an important role in encouraging prosperity and growth by fostering international scientific cooperation.