Guidance
Slovakia: Knowledge Base profile
This document contains useful information about Slovakia which will assist 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 partnership and marriage
- documents from Slovakia
Updates to this page
Published 25 March 2024
Last updated 10 September 2025
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Updated guidance to: explain what a Multilingual Standard Form is and that HM Passport Office cannot accept them; show a parent's surname cannot be given to their child as a forename under Slovakia legislation; and update terminology used for civil partnerships and marriage.
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Updated the gender recognition information due to a change in legislation.
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