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Slovakia: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains useful information about Slovakia which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 25 March 2024
• Last updated: 10 September 2025
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  1. 10 September 2025

     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.

  2. 9 April 2024

     Updated the gender recognition information due to a change in legislation.

  3. 25 March 2024

     First published.

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Slovakia: Knowledge Base profile

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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