UK help and services in Bahamas

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

Emergency help for British nationals in Bahamas

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.
  • The British High Commission in Nassau maintains and develops relations between the UK and The Bahamas.

  • Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

  • Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

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

  • Information on the legal and prison systems in The Bahamas for British prisoners, their family and friends.

  • The process when a British national dies in Liechtenstein, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

  • The process when a British national dies in Switzerland, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

  • Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK

Passports and emergency travel documents in Bahamas

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

Travelling to Bahamas

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Bahamas

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

Living in Bahamas

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Bahamas

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

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Bahamas

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

News and events in Bahamas

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

Trade and invest: Bahamas

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Bahamas.
  • 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 Bahamas

Includes contact details for the British High Commission Nassau.