Register to vote if you're living abroad
If you're a British citizen living abroad, you can apply to be an overseas voter.
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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.
Updates to this page
Last updated 16 January 2024 + show all updates
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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.
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Form 'Register to vote as an overseas voter (originally resident of Scotland)' updated.
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attachments updated
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Previous PDFs have been replaced with new PDFs containing updated wording relating to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws.
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First published.