Sticky – British Consulate

BNO Visa Free Countries

April 12, 2014 BNO Renewal, Sticky Comments Off on BNO Visa Free Countries

If you hold onto a BNO passport then you can enter the UK for 6 months without the need for a visa. The following countries also do not require a visa when traveling on a BNO passport. The listing is from the older British government website which no long holds any BNO information. If you have any questions about your BNO renewal then you should contact the British Embassy in Hong Kong for more information.

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Consular Assistance

May 1, 2013 Consulate, Embassy, Sticky 4

The as listed below would be for January 2015 and may change by the time you read this. The have been listed for each country here in the local currency as of April 2013. Call the relevant embassy to find out what their new fees may be. Again these PDF documents are only good as at the time of this post. The consular fees are listed as follows by each country and the government keeps it up to date every 2-3 months. See listing on this website for registering a marriage, birth, death or obtaining a new passport.

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Marriage Abroad

April 30, 2013 Consulate, Embassy, Sticky 2

You can’t register a marriage which occurred overseas at a register office in the UK. You can however apply to have your marriage documents from that country certified and sent then only deposited with the General Register Office (GRO) in the UK. You can then get copies of your marriage or civil partnership record more easily.

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UK Fiancee Visa

January 21, 2013 Consulate, Embassy, Sticky, UK Visa Comments Off on UK Fiancee Visa

If you are going to be getting married to a foreign national and wish to take her back to the UK then she will need to apply for a UK Fiancee Visa to enter the United Kingdom. These are the requirements for the UK Fiancee Visa for your fiancee or girlfriend that you are wanting to bring back to the United Kingdom.

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UK Spouse Visa

January 21, 2013 Consulate, Embassy, Sticky, UK Visa Comments Off on UK Spouse Visa

If you are married to a foreign national or married to a British citizen then the UK spouse visa is what you need to settle in the UK. If you want to bring her back to the UK then there are a number of requirements which would need to be met. The following is the basics with the forms needed to apply for this UK marriage visa.

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Renew British Passport

January 21, 2013 BNO Renewal, Consulate, Embassy, Sticky Comments Off on Renew British Passport

You need to complete the forms correctly as 1 in every 8 applications for a British passport which needs to be renewed is rejected as being incomplete. There are a number of forms each for a different type of passport depending on your age or if it is a ‘Smart’ passport or not. They are listed below with the documents linked from the Home Affairs website.

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British Born Abroad

January 21, 2013 Consulate, Embassy, Sticky Comments Off on British Born Abroad

If your child or children are born outside of the UK and you are British, you can now register the birth of the child via online or postal application. Many of the rules and processes have been changed and still more changes as the FCO cuts budgets.