UK help and services in Cape Verde

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

Emergency help for British nationals in Cape Verde

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 Cape Verde

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

Travelling to Cape Verde

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Cape Verde

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

Living in Cape Verde

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

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Cape Verde

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 ‘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

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Cape Verde

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

News and events in Cape Verde

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

Trade and invest: Cape Verde

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Cape Verde.
  • 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 Cape Verde

Includes contact details for the British Embassy Lisbon in Portugal. There is no British embassy or consulate in Cape Verde.
  • The British Embassy in Lisbon maintains and develops relations between the UK and Portugal.

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