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Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.
You can get certain official UK documents 鈥榣egalised鈥� by submitting them鈥�
Apply online for a paper-based apostille or an e-Apostille. To apply,鈥�
Contact the Legalisation Office if you have: a question about how the鈥�
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
There are restrictions on what items you can take in your hand luggage and鈥�
There are restrictions on the amount of liquids you can take in your hand鈥�
When travelling with a baby you鈥檙e allowed to take enough baby food, baby鈥�
Musical instruments Contact your airline before you book if you want to鈥�
You鈥檙e allowed to carry the following in your hand luggage: essential鈥�
You can only take certain electronic devices and electrical items on鈥�
Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Sports parachute Yes Yes鈥�
Allowed in hand luggage Allowed in hold luggage Tool with a blade or shaft鈥�
You cannot take any of these items as hand luggage or in the hold:鈥�
You cannot take any guns or firearms (including air rifles and starting鈥�
Bringing pets into Great Britain: pet passports, Great Britain pet health certificates, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, travelling with assistance dogs.
These rules apply if you鈥檙e bringing pet dogs, cats or ferrets into Great鈥�
You can only use certain travel routes and companies to enter Great鈥�
You must get your pet microchipped before, or at the same time as, their鈥�
You must get your dog, cat or ferret vaccinated against rabies before it鈥�
Your pet only needs a rabies blood test if you鈥檙e travelling from a鈥�
A vet must treat your dog for tapeworm every time you want to bring it to鈥�
The document you need to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret into Great鈥�
If you鈥檙e travelling from the EU or a country that issues pet passports,鈥�
Your pet can enter Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) with an鈥�
You can enter Great Britain with a Great Britain pet health certificate鈥�
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
Find out how to get the documents you鈥檒l need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they鈥檒l cost.
When entering the UK, you need to prove your medicine is prescribed to you if it contains a controlled drug - find out what proof you need to get.
You must declare 拢10,000 or more in cash, or the equivalent in another currency, if you take it between Great Britain and any other country.
Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK
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.
Getting a UK background check so you can apply for Global Entry and get through USA border control faster: how to apply, how much it costs
Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you鈥檙e abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad
Use this certificate to bring your pet dog, cat or ferret, or assistance dog, to Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).
Bring your pet to Great Britain - microchipping, pet passports, vaccinations
Your rights and security searches, body scans and privacy rules if you're disabled or taking medication aboard aircraft
What to do if you or someone you know is being forced into getting married, how you can try to stop the marriage from taking place, and what to do if you want to leave a forced marriage
What you can do if your goods or vehicle are seized by Border Force or HM Revenue and Customs - get your things back or disagree with a customs seizure
Use these forms in your online application for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) and marital status certificate (MSC) to get married in Spain.
Self declaration form and accompanying notes for British nationals to get married or register a civil partnership (PACS) in France. For use in place of certificates of celibacy and custom.
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