Guidance

Titles: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to add and record titles and observations on a passport.

From:
HM Passport Office
Published
13 January 2012
Last updated
26 May 2023 — See all updates

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Titles (accessible)

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Titles

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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
Published 13 January 2012
Last updated 26 May 2023 + show all updates

  1. Added section on removing a title from a passport.

  2. Version 12.0 of guidance added.

  3. Accessible version added.

  4. 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.

  5. First published.

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