Guidance

Titles: caseworker guidance

Guidance for His Majesty's Passport Office operational staff on how to check, add and record titles and observations on a passport.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 13 January 2012
• Last updated: 18 June 2026
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  1. 18 June 2026

     Updated the guidance throughout; a full list of the changes can be found in the section "Changes from last version of this guidance" section.

  2. 22 October 2025

     Guidance updated as detailed in section 1.3.

  3. 24 June 2025

     Published version 20.0 of the titles guidance. A full list of changes can be found in the guide.

  4. 26 May 2023

     Added section on removing a title from a passport.

  5. 25 October 2022

     Version 12.0 of guidance added.

  6. 3 October 2022

     Accessible version added.

  7. 10 February 2021

     This version of the guidance has been updated to tell staff what to do if the customer wants to add a religious title that is not shown in this guidance and make some minor formatting changes.

  8. 13 January 2012

     First published.

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about titles, for example, Mr, Mrs or Dr, and titles of nobility.

It tells you how to record the customer’s title:

• on the passport processing system, in the title or other title field
• on the personal details page of a passport
• in observations you must add