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If you're not satisfied with the service received when applying for a passport or dealing with the General Register Office, you can make a complaint by phone or email, or in writing.
Help completing the passport application form from outside the UK.
Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the natural father's details.
Use this form to apply in advance for a passport using your new name.
You must use form LA1 to apply to re-register a child’s birth following the marriage or civil partnership of natural parents.
A list of premises that have been approved for civil marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales.
Passports policy publications.
Credit/debit card payment authorisation form for overseas passports to print out and complete.
How your personal information is used in His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).
A list of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from outside the UK.
Leaflets explaining how to apply for or renew an adult passport online in simple steps.
This guide explains what civil registration records you can order from the General Register Office, and how to order and pay for them.
HM Passport Office is the sole issuer of UK passports and responsible for civil registration services through the General Register Office.
New British passports will now bear the title 'His Majesty' for the first time since 1952.
Contact information for the National Records of Scotland
How to send a deceased person's passport back to His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).
Application form to order a copy of a death certificate registered in England and Wales.
Collective (group) passports - who they're for, how to apply and how to get a collective passport changed
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