Form

Register to vote if you're living abroad

If you're a British citizen living abroad, you can apply to be an overseas voter.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Electoral Commission and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 29 April 2015
• Last updated: 16 January 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Voter registration form for a British citizen living overseas

PDF, 295 KB, 7 pages

Voter registration form for a British citizen living overseas who had no fixed or permanent previous UK address

PDF, 259 KB, 6 pages

Details

You can register to vote from overseas online or fill out an electoral registration form.

The form will ask for your National Insurance number (but you can still register if you do not have one). Find your National Insurance number.

Make sure you sign the declaration on the registration form and send it to your local Electoral Registration Office.

Published 29 April 2015
Last updated 16 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 16 January 2024

   Page updated to include a link to the Register to vote service and remove details about electors who were registered to vote as a resident in the UK in the last 15 years, or were too young to register. The law has changed to remove the 15-year rule. All eligibility information can now be found on the start page of the Register to vote service.

2. 3 August 2020

   Form 'Register to vote as an overseas voter (originally resident of Scotland)' updated.

3. 1 July 2020

   attachments updated

4. 29 May 2018

   Previous PDFs have been replaced with new PDFs containing updated wording relating to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws.

5. 29 April 2015

   First published.