Guidance
Brazil: Knowledge Base profile
This document contains information about Brazil to help HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
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Knowledge Base is an information resource for HM Passport Office staff.
This document includes information about:
- names
- nationality
- legitimacy and parental responsibility
- adoption
- surrogacy
- gender recognition
- civil partnerships and marriage
- documents from Brazil
Updates to this page
Published 25 March 2025
Last updated 10 October 2025
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The knowledge base profile has been updated to tell examiners a customer’s surname consists of the mother’s second surname followed by the father’s second surname.
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