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• Entry Visa
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Certificates & Licences

• Driving Licence
• Birth Certificate & Registration
• Marriage Certificate & Registration
• Death Certificate & Registration

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• Taxation
• Legal Issues
• Crime

Housing

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• Renting in London
• Real Estate Agents
• Main Accommodation Options
• Other Rental Costs
• Buying Property
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• Real Estate Law

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• Crystal Palace, Brockley and Sydenham
• East Central: Clerkenwell
• East Central: Shoreditch and Hoxton
• East Central: The City and Barbican
• East: Docklands
• East: Hackney and Bow
• East: Other Areas
• East: Walthamstow
• East: Whitechapel, Bethnal Green and Stepney
• North West: Camden Town and Kentish Town
• North West: Hampstead and West Hampstead
• North West: Other Areas
• North West: Primrose Hill and Belsize Park
• North West: Queen’s Park, Kilburn and Kensal Rise
• North: Finsbury Park, Stroud Green and Crouch End
• North: Highgate
• North: Islington
• North: Other Areas
• North: Stoke Newington
• South East: Borough
• South East: Elephant & Castle and Kennington
• South East: Greenwich
• South East: Other Areas
• South West: Brixton and Stockwell
• South West: Chelsea, Fulham and South Kensington
• South West: Clapham and Battersea
• South West: Other Areas
• South West: Putney, Wandsworth
• South West: Wimbledon, Southfields and Earlsfield
• West Central: Bloomsbury and King’s Cross
• West Central: Marylebone, Bayswater and Paddington
• West Central: Other Areas
• West Central: Soho and Covent Garden
• West: Ealing, Acton and Chiswick
• West: Notting Hill and Holland Park
• West: Other Areas
• West: Shepherd’s Bush and Hammersmith

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• Setting up Home
• Moving Services
• Furnishing Your Home
• Household Insurance
• Laundry Services
• Domestic Help
• Babysitting & Childcare
• Domestic Services
• DVD & Video Rental
• Pets

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• Electricity
• Water
• Sewerage
• Rubbish Disposal and Recycling
• Telephone
• Internet
• Bill Payment
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• Television
• Satellite Television

Health

• General Medical Care
• Health Insurance
• Donor Cards
• Giving Blood
• Giving Up Smoking
• Hospitals
• Main Private Hospitals
• Maternity
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• Paediatrics
• Dentists & Orthodontists
• Opticians & Ophthalmologists
• Cosmetic Treatment & Surgery
• Alternative Therapies
• Homeopathy
• Physiotherapy
• Reflexology & Massage Therapy
• Back Treatment
• Nutritionists & Slimming
• Counselling & Therapy
• Addiction Counselling & Rehabilition
• Support Groups

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• Education
• Nurseries & Pre-Schools
• Primary & Secondary Schools
• University & Higher Education
• Universities
• Special Needs Education

Transportation

• Transportation
• Driving in London
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• Buying a Vehicle
• Vehicle Insurance
• Registering a Vehicle
• Traffic Fines & Offences
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Residents » Overview » Essential Documents

To ease your passage through bureaucracy make sure you have access to your official documents. You’re almost certain to need the following in your first couple of months:

Passport

Work permit

Birth certificate

Marriage or civil partnership certificate

Proof of employment to secure accommodation

Proof of address to open a bank account, or join the library or DVD store

Driving licence





This excerpt was taken from

London Explorer
Series: Complete Residents Guides