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Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
If you or your parents were born in the UK, you might automatically be a…
You’re usually a British citizen automatically if you were born in the UK.…
Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…
If at least one of your parents is a British citizen You might…
If you were born in the UK after 31 December 1982 and your parents were…
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
You may be eligible for British citizenship if you have a British parent.…
You’re automatically a British citizen if you were born outside the UK and…
You may automatically be a British citizen if you were born before 1…
You’ll usually get a decision within 6 months - some applications can take…
Set up, change or cancel your car tax Direct Debit, swap to another payment method, and what to do if you miss a Direct Debit payment
You can set up a Direct Debit when you tax your vehicle online or at a…
Your Direct Debit for vehicle tax will renew automatically when it’s due…
Tell DVLA if you want to change the address, email or name on your Direct…
When you set up your Direct Debit you can choose to pay: every month every…
When you want to change the account your Direct Debit is taken from you…
The Direct Debit account holder will get an email from DVLA if a payment…
DVLA will cancel your Direct Debit when you tell them your vehicle’s been:…
Automatically considering all eligible employees for promotion gives them the choice to opt-out rather than opt-in.
Find out how to apply for an exemption from Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
This guidance for charities explains the automatic disqualification rules.
Apply for British citizenship if you were born in the UK - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Find out about Automatic Exchange of Information and what it means.
How to upgrade an automatic car driving licence so that you can drive a manual car
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
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