UK help and services in the USA

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in the USA. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and the USA.

Emergency help for British nationals in the USA

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

Passports and emergency travel documents in the USA

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

Travelling to the USA

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from the USA

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

Living in the USA

How to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.
  • Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  • Official information British people moving to and living in the United States of America (USA) need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.

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

  • 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

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

  • List of English-speaking lawyers and translators/interpreters for British nationals in the USA.

  • 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 the USA

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

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

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

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

  • 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)

  • 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 the USA

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

News and events in the USA

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

Trade and invest: USA

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in the USA.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in the USA, and US companies set up and invest in the UK

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

  • A summary from UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) on science and innovation in the USA including UK SIN priorities and successes.

British embassy or high commission in the USA

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