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Bring photo ID to vote Check what photo ID you'll need to vote in person in the General Election on 4 July.
Informative note about changing your name in the UK (in English and Spanish).
How to write well for your audience, including specialists.
Guidance for GOV.UK content publishers on how to use images and make them accessible. This chapter also includes the copyright standards for GOV.UK.
How someone in Portugal can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified and obtain informative notes.
Informative note about validity of foreign marriages in the UK.
Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
How British nationals in Luxembourg can obtain information about getting married or download and print informative notes.
Informative note about registering a child with one or two surnames.
This guidance explains how to fix an inconsistency relating to your name, as a UK national in Italy, so you can prove your identity to access local services.
How someone in France can get documents certified, united or legalised, have a document prepared in English or the local language and view informative notes.
Explanation of change of name in the United Kingdom.
How someone in Belgium can get an informative note, or take an oath of British citizenship.
How someone in Spain can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
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