UK help and services in Benin

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Benin. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Benin.

General information and guidance

Emergency help for British nationals in Benin

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Benin

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Benin

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Benin

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Benin

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Benin

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • 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

  • Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and 鈥榥on-dom鈥� status, tax returns, claiming relief if you鈥檙e 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鈥檙e taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Benin

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth 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.

  • 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.

  • 皇冠体育app process when a British national dies in Benin, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person鈥檚 body to the UK.

News and events in Benin

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Benin.

Trade and invest: Benin

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Benin.
  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Benin

Includes contact details for the British High Commission Accra in Ghana. 皇冠体育appre is no British embassy or consulate in Benin.
  • 皇冠体育app British High Commission in Ghana maintains and develops relations between the UK and Ghana.

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