UK help and services in Turks and Caicos Islands (original) (raw)

• Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

• The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory. The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011 provides for an elected Government comprising of a Ministerial Cabinet and an elected House of Assembly.

• Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

• This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

• The process when a British national dies in Oman, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

• You can apply for or renew a British passport while you're visiting the UK - as long as you expect to be in the UK for long enough

• What you need to do if your passport has been lost or stolen and you need to travel urgently.

• Renew, replace or apply for an adult or child British passport if you’re living abroad or working overseas - forms, prices, how long it takes

• 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

• Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

• How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.

• FCDO travel advice for the Turks and Caicos Islands. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• You may need a visa to come to the UK to visit, study or work.

• How to contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) for help with your application or immigration account, from inside and outside the UK.

• Get your documents returned if you've made a UK visa, immigration or citizenship application but need them back urgently

• Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

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

• FCDO travel advice for the Turks and Caicos Islands. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• 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

• Find out how to vote in UK elections if you move or live abroad, including eligibility, registering to vote and renewing your registration.

• 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

• Tax credits if you live abroad, go travelling, are a cross-border worker or subject to immigration control

• 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

• Find out how to get the documents you’ll need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they’ll cost.

• 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.

• Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

• Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.

• The process when a British national dies in Oman, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

• Updates, news and events from the UK government in Turks and Caicos Islands

• What you need to do to start a business: choose a legal structure, see if you need licences and insurance, learn about reliefs and benefits

• The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory. The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011 provides for an elected Government comprising of a Ministerial Cabinet and an elected House of Assembly.

• This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.