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Charles Edmund Garrett
British Ambassador to Macedonia
British Embassy
Skopje
We develop and maintain relations between the UK and Macedonia. Our work covers a range of issues including economic reform.
We offer a range of services, programme assistance in different areas, support to British businesses in Macedonia and maintain cooperation with media and civil society.
Services for British nationals
Urgent assistance
If you’re in Macedonia and you urgently need help (eg if you’ve been attacked, arrested or there has been a death), call +389 2 3299 299 If you’re in the UK and concerned about a British national in Macedonia call 020 7008 1500.
Get or renew a passport
The British embassy can’t help with passport enquiries. Contact Her Majesty’s Passport Office if you need help.
If you can’t get a new or replacement passport in time to travel, you may be able to get an emergency travel document.
Get an emergency travel document
You can apply for an emergency travel document if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen, damaged or expired, and you can’t get a new or replacement passport in time to travel.
We don’t issue emergency travel documents at British Embassy Skopje. If you are due to travel in the next 24 hours, contact us as soon as possible. We can issue emergency travel documents from British Embassy Sofia, Bulgaria
Travel advice: for information and advice on travelling to Macedonia, see travel advice for Macedonia
Get a visa
The British embassy can’t help with visa enquiries.
If you’re not a British national, you may need a visa to travel to the UK. Check if you need a UK visa.
If you’re a British national travelling abroad and need to apply for a visa to visit a particular country or check if you need a visa, see the entry requirements on our foreign travel advice for the country you want to visit.
For more information on visas, see UK visas and immigration.
Marriage and civil partnerships
We can issue certificates of no impediment, affirmations or affidavits of marital status and, in some circumstances, perform a marriage or civil partnership for British nationals. For information on getting married in Macedonia see getting married abroad.
Register a birth or death
Find out how to register a birth or register a death that occurred in Macedonia. You can’t register a birth or death at the embassy or our consulates.
Bereavement support
If the death occurred in Macedonia and you’re still in the country, contact us. If you’re in the UK and hear of the death of a relative from a third party, you should contact the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 020 7008 1500.
Read our guidance on coping with death abroad as well as our bereavement guide for Macedonia.
Support if you’ve been arrested
We’ll do all we can to contact you within 24 hours of being told that you’ve been detained or arrested, and will give you a prisoner pack with information for British prisoners in Macedonia. We cannot get you out of prison, prevent the local authorities from deporting you after your prison sentence, or interfere in criminal or civil court proceedings.
Notarial and documentary services
We may be able to offer notarial services, including administer an oath, affirmation or affidavit; make a certified copy of a document and witness a signature. See the full list of notarial and documentary services we provide.
Legalisation services
Skopje does not provide legalisation services. Read our notarial and documentary services page for more information on legalisation.
Ask the UK government to get a UK document legalised (certified as genuine).
Local service providers
Use our lists of local suppliers and services if you need help in Macedonia. Please note that inclusion in these lists does not constitute official endorsement by the British embassy or the UK government.
How else we can help
In addition to the services listed above we can also:
- provide information about transferring funds
- provide appropriate help if you have suffered rape or serious assault, are a victim of other crime, or are in hospital
- help people with mental illness
- offer support and help in a range of other cases, such as child abductions, missing peopleand kidnapping
- contact family or friends for you if you want
- make special arrangements in cases of terrorism, civil disturbances or natural disasters or other crises abroad
For more information on the services we can provide, see Support for British nationals abroad: A guide.
General information on living in Macedonnia
What the embassy cannot do for you
Although we try to help British nationals in a wide range of situations, we cannot:
- help you enter a country, for example, if you don’t have a visa or your passport is not valid
- give you legal advice, investigate crimes or carry out searches for missing people, although we can give you details of people who may be able to help you in these cases, such as English-speaking lawyers.
- get you better treatment in hospital or prison than is given to local people
- pay any bills or give you money (in very exceptional circumstances we may lend you some money from public funds, which you’ll have to pay back)
- make travel arrangements for you, or find you work or accommodation
- make business arrangements on your behalf
Consular fees
We charge fees for some of our services. See the full list of consular fees in Macedonia
Contact us
British Embassy Skopje
Todor Aleksandrov No.165
Skopje 1000
Macedonia
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