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Consultation on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
UK Visas and Immigration's response to the Independent Chief Inspector's report on applications to enter the UK on the basis of marriage and civil partnerships.
Annual UK figures for births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy and Consulates in China.
Immigration staff guidance on applications where a person is involved in a sham marriage.
How someone in Spain can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Part 4 contains new powers to investigate suspected sham marriages and civil partnerships.
This publication, by Foreign and Commonwealth Office Historians, looks at the ban on diplomats being homosexual which was lifted in 1991.
Using data from the National LGBT Survey 2017, this report examines differences in disclosure of sexual orientation to healthcare providers and experience of healthcare among different groups of lesbian and bisexual women
Repatriation of victims of forced marriage (2).
Number of same sex civil partnerships applications made by non-EEA partners between April 2012 and March 2013 broken down by country.
FCDO travel advice for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Statistics on the cases reported to the Forced Marriage Unit through its public helpline and email inbox during calendar year 2022.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The total number of recorded incidents of suspected forced marriage in 2011. FOI Ref 0031-12
Attorneys General of the British Overseas Territories meet to enhance cooperation on a number of wide-ranging issues.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The UK government's offices in India no longer issue ‘No Objection Certificate’ for marriage registrations to British nationals.
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