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It鈥檚 been replaced by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).</p> <h2 id="fcdo-guidance-services-and-information">FCDO guidance, services and information</h2> <p>These services are now provided by FCDO:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/foreign-travel-advice" class="govuk-link">foreign travel advice</a></li> <li><a href="/world" class="govuk-link">consular help and services abroad</a></li> <li><a href="/get-document-legalised" class="govuk-link">document legislation</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="history-of-fco">History of FCO</h2> <p>FCO was a ministerial department from October 1968 to September 2020. It merged with the Department for International Development to create FCDO.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section class=" organisation__brand-border-top organisation__margin-bottom"> <div class="visually-hidden"> <div class="gem-c-heading gem-c-heading--padding"> <h2 class="gem-c-heading__text gem-c-heading--font-size-27"> Documents </h2> </div> </div> <div class="govuk-grid-row"> <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-half organisation__supergroup--margin-bottom" data-ga4-section-documents> <div class="gem-c-heading gem-c-heading--padding"> <h3 class="gem-c-heading__text govuk-heading-m"> Services </h3> </div> <ul data-module="ga4-link-tracker" data-ga4-track-links-only="" data-ga4-link='{"event_name":"navigation","type":"document list","section":"Documents"}' class="gem-c-document-list govuk-!-margin-bottom-5"> <li class="gem-c-document-list__item "> <div class="gem-c-document-list__item-title"> <a class=" govuk-link gem-c-force-print-link-styles " lang="en" 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