UK help and services in Liberia

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

Emergency help for British nationals in Liberia

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 Liberia

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

Travelling to Liberia

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Liberia

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

Living in Liberia

Includes how to access healthcare, get a document legalised, lists of lawyers and how to vote abroad.
  • Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

  • FCDO travel advice for Liberia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

  • List of medical facilities/practitioners for British nationals who may require these services and assistance in Liberia.

  • List of funeral directors for British nationals who may require these services and assistance in Liberia.

  • List of lawyers for British nationals who may require legal advice and assistance in Liberia.

  • Information for British citizens moving to or living in Liberia, including guidance on security, healthcare and driving.

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

  • 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.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Liberia

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.

  • Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Liberia.

  • 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 Liberia

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

News and events in Liberia

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

Trade and invest: Liberia

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

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British Embassy in Liberia maintains and develops relations between the UK and Liberia.

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