Advanced search

Last updated at 9:28 (UK time) 6 Jun 2008

Site map

Site map

Overview

Help for British Nationals

Passports
- What passport do I need?
  - Renewing my adult passport
  - First time applications for passports
  - Passports for children under 16
  - British National Overseas (BN (0)) passports
  - Renewing an old style blue passport
  - Free passports for those born on or before 2 Sept 1929
  - Name changes in a passport
- How to apply
  - Albania
  - Belgium
  - Egypt
  - France
  - Gaza
  - Iraq
  - Israel
  - Italy
  - Jerusalem and The West Bank
  - Jordan
  - Lebanon
  - Luxembourg
  - Malta
  - Monaco
  - Sudan
  - Switzerland
  - Syria
  - The Netherlands
  - Yemen
- Urgent travel
- Is my passport ready?
- Lost or stolen passport
  - Replacing your lost, stolen or damaged passport
- Returning a passport of a deceased person
- My new passport has arrived and there is a problem
- What does a passport fee cover?
- Am I eligible for a UK passport?
- Customer feedback

Travel advice

Living in France
- Registering with us
- What happens when you retire
- Marriage in France
- PACS in France
- How to register a birth in France
- How to register a death in France
- How to legalise a document
- Overseas Voter Registration
- Genealogical research
- Consular fees
- FAQs on France
  - Coming on holiday to France
  - Driving in France
  - Healthcare and benefits in France
  - Travelling with your pets

When things go wrong
- If you are victim of a crime
- Lawyers and British organisations in France
- If you need a doctor
- If you are seriously ill or injured
- Help if someone dies
- Help if you are arrested
- Rape and sexual assault
- Child abduction
- Missing persons

How to stay safe abroad
- Travel insurance
- Travel health
- Travel money
- Traveller's checklist

Giving us feedback on our services

Our consular network on Twitter

Visiting the UK

Visas

Holidays in the UK
- Planning your trip
- Practical information
- Things to do and see

Working in the UK
- The UK tax system
- Healthcare
- Employment agencies in the UK
- Temporary workers
- Cost of living

Studying in the UK
- Our scholarships
  - Chevening scholarships
  - Marshall scholarships
  - Commonwealth scholarships
- Student loans and grants
- Undergraduate study
- Student life
- Useful links

About the UK
- Culture and heritage
  - Performing arts
  - Visual arts and design
  - History and heritage
- Science and technology
  - Our expertise
  - Research and development
  - Working with business
  - Education links
- People and politics
  - Multicultural britain
  - Human rights
  - Political and legal system
- Environment
- Sport
  - London 2012 Olympics
  - Decade of Sport
  - Football World Cup 2018
  - Popular Sports
  - Alternative Sports
  - Taking part

London 2012 Olympics
- The UK's winning Olympic bid
- 2012 short films
  - Sami Yusuf
  - Manoj Badale
  - Sir Anwar Pervez
  - Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso
  - Mona Siddiqui
  - Shadia Mansour
  - Sir Magdi Yacoub
  - Carlos Acosta
  - Dr Claudia Bausewein
  - Andre Camara
  - Alina Ibragimova
  - Major Nana Twumasi-Ankrah
  - Bonnie Greer
  - Kwame Kwei-Armah
  - Mushtaq Ahmed
  - Sir Steve Redgrave
  - Reem Alasadi
  - Ching He Huang
  - Sebastien Noel, Conny Freyer and Eva Rucki
  - Camila Batmanghelidjh
  - Michel Taride
  - Zeinab Badawi
  - Lucélia Taranto Rodrigues
  - David Sabel
  - Giovanna Tinetti
  - Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE
  - Jonathan Mills
  - Kosei Inoue
- Going for green
- Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- London Media Centre
- Paralympics in the UK
- Olympic Truce

Sports
- Decade of Sport
- Popular sport
- Alternative sports
- Taking part

About us

Our embassy
- Our Ambassador
  - The Ambassador's Residence
  - Previous ambassadors
- Contact us
- Location and access
  - Disabled Access to the Embassy
  - Office holidays
- How we can help
  - Comments and questions
  - Hiring British Embassy premises
- Working for us
- The history of the Embassy building
- Our events
  - Raymond Blanc in Paris
  - Calling all Dickens lovers
- Our carbon footprint
  - The British Embassy celebrates Green Britain Day
  - 10:10:10 at the Embassy

Other locations
- Consulate-General in Paris
- Consulate in Bordeaux
- British Trade and Investment Office in Lyon
- Consulate in Marseille
- Around the world

Working with France
- Britain and Europe
  - The European Union
  - Active in Europe
- Science & innovation
- Climate change
- Development
  - Seminar on climate change and development
  - The UK new strategy for girls and women in developing countries
  - Bilateral and multilateral aid review results
- Agriculture and food
- Justice and Home affairs
  - Migration
  - Counter terrorism
  - Justice
- Entente Cordiale Scolarship

Our ministers
- Rt Hon William Hague MP
- Rt Hon David Lidington MP

UK Delegation to the OECD
- About us
  - Ambassador's welcome
- The UK and the OECD
- Visitor Services

Business

News

Press Services

The GREAT campaign
- Countryside is GREAT Britain
- Creativity is GREAT Britain
- Entrepreneurs are GREAT Britain
- Green is GREAT Britain
- Heritage is GREAT Britain
- Innovation is GREAT Britain
- Knowledge is GREAT Britain
- Music is GREAT Britain
- Shopping is GREAT Britain
- Sport is GREAT Britain
- Technology is GREAT Britain