UK help and services in Eswatini

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Eswatini.

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Emergency help for British nationals in Eswatini

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

• British High Commission Mbabane

  The British High Commission in Mbabane maintains and develops relations between the UK and Eswatini.

• Eswatini: information for victims of rape and sexual assault

  Information for British nationals who are victims of rape and sexual assault in Eswatini.

• Eswatini: prisoner pack

  Explanation of the legal and prison system to British nationals imprisoned in Eswatini.

• Get help if you're a victim of crime abroad

  Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

• If you’re affected by a crisis abroad

  Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

• Support for British nationals abroad

  This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

• What to do after a British person dies in Eswatini

  This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Eswatini, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Eswatini

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

• Apply for or renew a British passport if you're visiting the UK

  You can apply for or renew a British passport while you're visiting the UK - as long as you expect to be in the UK for long enough

• Cancel a lost or stolen passport

  What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently.

• Overseas British passport applications

  Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes

• Travel urgently from abroad without your UK passport

  Apply for an emergency travel document if you're outside the UK and have not got a valid British passport - apply online, how to apply, fee, timings

Travelling to Eswatini

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

• Eswatini travel advice

  FCDO travel advice for Eswatini. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Getting married or registering a civil partnership abroad

  Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

• Reduce your risk from terrorism while abroad

  How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.

Coming to the UK from Eswatini

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

• Check if you need a UK visa

  You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

• Contact UK Visas and Immigration for help

  How to contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) for help with your application or immigration account, from inside and outside the UK.

• Get your visa, immigration or citizenship documents back

  Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently.

Living in Eswatini

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

• Eswatini travel advice

  FCDO travel advice for Eswatini. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Eswatini: doctors

  List of medical facilities and practitioners for British nationals in Eswatini.

• Get your document legalised

  Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

• Living in Eswatini

  Information for British citizens moving to or living in Eswatini, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

• Professional services if you are abroad

  Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

• UK benefits if you’re going or living abroad

  Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

• Voting if you move or live abroad

  Find out how to vote in UK elections if you move or live abroad, including eligibility, registering to vote and renewing your registration.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Eswatini

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

• Claiming benefits if you live, move or travel abroad

  Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

• Moving or retiring abroad

  What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

• National Insurance if you work abroad

  Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are visiting when you work abroad.

• State Pension if you retire abroad

  How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

• Tax credits if you leave or move to the UK

  Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control

• Tax on foreign income

  Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

• Tax on your UK income if you live abroad

  Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Eswatini

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

• Getting married or registering a civil partnership abroad

  Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

• Register a birth abroad

  Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.

• Surrogacy overseas

  Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

• What to do after a British person dies in Eswatini

  This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Eswatini, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

• What to do when someone dies: step by step

  Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.

News and events in Eswatini

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Eswatini.

• Eswatini and the UK

  Updates, news and events from the UK government in Eswatini

Trade and invest: Eswatini

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Eswatini.

• Set up a business

  What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits

British embassy or high commission in Eswatini

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.

• British High Commission Mbabane

  The British High Commission in Mbabane maintains and develops relations between the UK and Eswatini.

• Support for British nationals abroad

  This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.