Guidance
Russia: Knowledge Base profile
This document contains useful information about Russia which will assist His Majesty’s Passport Office staff process passport applications.
Documents
Details
This document includes information about:
- names
- nationality
- legitimacy and parental responsibility
- adoption
- surrogacy
- gender recognition
- civil partnerships and marriage
- documents from Russia
Updates to this page
Published 8 May 2024
Last updated 14 November 2025
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Updated the section name alignment to make minor formatting changes to improve reading.
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This guidance has been updated to confirm that we only need to align the name on the international Russia passport.
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First published.