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Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants

• Overview

  You must decide which type of joint ownership you want if you buy, inherit…

• Check your ownership details

  You can find out what type of joint ownership you have by checking…

• Change from joint tenants to tenants in common

  This is called ‘severance of joint tenancy’. You should apply for a ‘Form…

• Change from tenants in common to joint tenants

  You need the agreement of all the other joint owners to change from being…

• Selling when an owner has lost mental capacity

  You must apply to the Court of Protection if all of the following apply:…

Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families

• Overview

  You can use the British Forces Post Office (BFPO) to send a letter or…

• Find a BFPO number

  You can only use the enduring families free mail service to send things to…

• How to address BFPO mail

  You must: use a printed address label or write the address clearly in…

• Customs declarations

  You must complete a customs declaration if you’re sending a parcel. Write…

• Cost, size and weight

  The cost of using British Forces Post Office (BFPO) depends on the size…

• Online shopping

  Not all UK online retailers are able to send things to a BFPO address.…

• What you cannot send

  You cannot send some items in BFPO mail, including: alcohol arms and…

• Use the enduring families free mail service

  You can send letters (also known as ‘blueys’) and parcels for free to…

• If your post is lost, damaged or delayed

  You may be able to claim compensation if your post: does not arrive within…

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

• Overview

  A High Potential Individual (HPI) visa gives you permission to stay in the…

• Eligibility

  To be eligible for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you must have…

• Knowledge of English

  You’ll usually need to prove your knowledge of the English language when…

• How much it costs

  When you apply for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa, you’ll need to…

• Documents you'll need to apply

  Before you apply, you must pay for Ecctis to check your qualification is…

• Apply from outside the UK

  You must apply online for a High Potential Individual (HPI) visa. Check…

• Your partner and children

  Your partner and children can also apply to join you or stay in the UK as…

• Switch to this visa

  You might be able to apply to change (‘switch’) to a High Potential…

How to apply for a document to travel outside the UK if you're not British and you cannot use or get your own national passport.

What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.

• Updated: 4 December 2023

Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.

Apply to the Court of Protection for a one-off decision if you're concerned about someone's personal welfare, property or financial affairs.

Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney

How to come back to the UK to live if you were previously settled (given indefinite leave to remain) - find out if you need a Returning Resident visa

If you lost your lifetime allowance protection as a result of the public service pension remedy (also known as McCloud), you may be able to reinstate it.

• Updated: 22 August 2023