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FCDO travel advice for Spain. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Latest FCDO travel advice for Turkey including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
FCDO travel advice for Greece. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
How long you can stay in the EU or Schengen area without a visa, when you travel from the UK.
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
FCDO travel advice for Egypt. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Advice for women travelling and living abroad, including organisations that can help.
Find out which people, entities and ships are designated or specified under regulations made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, and why.
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
FCDO travel advice for Cyprus. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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
FCDO travel advice for France. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Kenya. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Details of foreign embassies, high commissions and consulates in the UK, including heads of mission.
FCDO travel advice for Tunisia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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