UK help and services in Turks and Caicos Islands

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

Emergency help for British nationals in Turks and Caicos Islands

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.
  • Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

  • The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory. The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011 provides for an elected Government comprising of a Ministerial Cabinet and an elected House of Assembly.

  • Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

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

Passports and emergency travel documents in Turks and Caicos Islands

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

Travelling to Turks and Caicos Islands

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Turks and Caicos Islands

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

Living in Turks and Caicos Islands

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

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Turks and Caicos Islands

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 Turks and Caicos Islands

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

News and events in Turks and Caicos Islands

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

Trade and invest: Turks and Caicos Islands

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Turks and Caicos Islands.
  • 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 Turks and Caicos Islands

Includes contact details for the Governor's Office. There is no British embassy or consulate in Turks and Caicos Islands.
  • The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory. The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 2011 provides for an elected Government comprising of a Ministerial Cabinet and an elected House of Assembly.

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