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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Find out how the Scheme's residency and nationality requirements work.
Apply for indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have permission to stay as a refugee, humanitarian protection or Discretionary Leave - fees, who's eligible, family members, how to apply.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in the Dominican Republic, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
A guide to applying for compensation under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme.
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
Technical consultation on the assessment of local authorities’ relative needs, relative resources and transitional arrangements.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and have not got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings
FCDO travel advice for South Korea. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says
How data on landings statistics are collected and processed by fisheries administrations in the UK.
You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.
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