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How to fill in your passport application form and provide a correct photo.
Before you apply for a passport Ways to apply for a passport Please don’t…
Leaflet explaining how to renew an adult passport online in simple steps.
Apply and pay online at www.gov.uk/apply-renew-passport 1. You’ll need a…
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with delivery addresses for new passports and the return of supporting documents.
Version 6.0 Guidance for HM Passport Office staff dealing with customers…
To be used when checking passports for identification.
Leaflet explaining in simple steps how to apply online for your first passport, if you are applying as an adult.
Information and guidance for transgender and transsexual customers.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications to replace passports that have been reported lost or stolen.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about replacing documents that have been lost or damaged.
How to apply for your child’s first British passport if your child was born after you were granted indefinite leave to remain under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications when the customer has a change of name.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with customers who ask to collect their passports and supporting documents from the counter.
General advice for social services departments making passport applications on behalf of children subject to care or supervision orders.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about fees for passport service types, information on fee increases and the circumstances in which a refund may be granted.
This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
Guidance notes to fill in form CR - part 2
This leaflet has information on how you can get help renewing your passport and what you should remember when using an organisation to help you apply.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do if we issue a passport with an error.
This document tells HM Passport Office staff how to process a passport application to renew or replace an old blue passport.
This document tells HM Passport Office staff what information we need about a customer’s parents and grandparents and what to do if information is missing.
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