UK help and services in Zimbabwe

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

General information and guidance

Emergency help for British nationals in Zimbabwe

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

Passports and emergency travel documents in Zimbabwe

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

Travelling to Zimbabwe

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Zimbabwe

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

Living in Zimbabwe

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.
  • Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  • Information for British citizens moving to or living in Mali, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

  • Information for British citizens moving to or living in Zimbabwe, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

  • Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

  • Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

  • Find out how to vote in UK elections if you move or live abroad, including eligibility, registering to vote and renewing your registration.

  • FCDO travel advice for Zimbabwe. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

  • List of English-speaking doctors/ medical facilities for British nationals in Zimbabwe.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Zimbabwe

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

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Zimbabwe

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

News and events in Zimbabwe

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

Trade and invest: Zimbabwe

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Zimbabwe.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Zimbabwe, and Zimbabwean companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Zimbabwe

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British Embassy in Zimbabwe maintains and develops relations between the UK and Zimbabwe.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.