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

  • Rates of exchange issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) for consular services provided at our embassies, high commissions and consulates abroad.

  • Official information British people moving to and living in Canada need to know, including residency, healthcare and driving.

  • Check if you should pay National Insurance in the UK or social security contributions in the EU, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland.

  • How UK nationals who plan to live in Spain for more than 3 months must register as a resident and on the padrón at their town hall.

  • Help available and steps you should take if you have a medical emergency or are hospitalised abroad, including for planned treatment.

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

  • Advice on actions you may need to take and the support available from the FCDO and others when a British person dies abroad.

  • Information for UK nationals living in the EU, EEA EFTA countries and Switzerland since before 1 January 2021, including guidance on residency and healthcare.

  • How someone in Spain can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.

  • How to get state healthcare if you live, work or study in France.

  • Information for British people moving to and living in Thailand, including residency, healthcare and driving.

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

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

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

  • Advice for British people with mental health needs, and their families and carers, while travelling or living abroad.

  • Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British embassy in Thailand.

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

  • This guide provides advice on what the British Embassy can do to help UK nationals affected by domestic abuse in France, the services available in France, how to report abuse to the police and how to get protection.

  • This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.