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How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.

• Updated: 17 May 2024

Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.

• Overview

  If you or your parents were born in the UK, you might automatically be a…

• Born in the UK or a British colony before 1 January 1983

  You’re usually a British citizen automatically if you were born in the UK.…

• Born in the UK between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000

  Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…

• Born in the UK between 2 October 2000 and 29 April 2006

  Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…

• Born in the UK between 30 April 2006 and 30 June 2021

  Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…

• Born in the UK from 1 July 2021 onwards

  Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…

• Born outside the UK or stateless

  If at least one of your parents is a British citizen You might…

• Your parents' immigration status when you were born

  If you were born in the UK after 31 December 1982 and your parents were…

How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.

• Checks you can make on someone's record

  Employers can check the criminal record of someone applying for a role.…

• Get a basic DBS check for an employee

  You can request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check on behalf of…

• Get a standard or enhanced DBS check for an employee

  How you request a standard or enhanced check depends on how many checks…

Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment - how you're affected, how pensions are protected, what happens if you move job or go on maternity leave and how to opt out

You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.

Guidance on the Animal and Plant Health Agency laboratory testing services and prices for animal disease diagnosis.

• Updated: 11 July 2024

The undergraduate student finance you can apply for based on your nationality and where you normally live.

Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.

Apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa if you've been awarded a qualification by an eligible university in the last 5 years - eligibility, fees, documents, switch, bring your partner and children

How to pay Corporation Tax: payment reference number, online, Bacs or CHAPS, Direct Debit, cheque or at your bank.