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FCDO travel advice for Afghanistan. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…
This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…
Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…
Only very limited medical facilities are available in Afghanistan. There…
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Afghans resettled in the UK under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will be reunited with their families.
Afghanistan is currently subject to UK financial sanctions. This document contains a current list of designated persons.
Find out about UK forces in Afghanistan
How to make a referral to bring your family member to the UK if you were evacuated from Afghanistan under Pathway 1 of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
This page provides guidance on the UK’s sanctions regime relating to Afghanistan
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Afghanistan for healthcare practitioners.
How to offer help to people arriving in the UK from Afghanistan: helping them settle in or get careers advice and jobs.
The medal is awarded to civilians in recognition of their contribution to the government’s work towards a stable and secure Afghanistan.
UK forces were deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UN-authorised, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and as part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Between 2003 and the end of 2014 UK operations in Afghanistan...
This series brings together all documents relating to Afghanistan: Progress reports 2013
This document contains information about Afghanistan to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
The British Embassy in Kabul suspended in-country operations in August 2021 as all UK diplomatic and consular staff were withdrawn from Afghanistan.
Updates, news and events from the UK government in Afghanistan
This series brings together all documents relating to Afghanistan: Progress reports 2014
Explains who was eligible to be considered for resettlement to the UK in the first stage of Pathway 3 of this scheme, and the process for eligible people.
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