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How to use the General Register Office to find birth certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
A list of the supporting documents you need to provide when applying for a passport from outside the UK.
Use this guide to help you apply for a British National Overseas (BNO) passport from Hong Kong.
Guidance on how to sign your new passport.
How to use the General Register Office to find marriage certificates when researching your family tree and family history.
This booklet provides guidance to members of the clergy on their role and responsibilities during burials, baptisms and marriages.
How to get a UK passport for your child if they were born through surrogacy.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
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 passport applications from customers in the UK and overseas who ask for additional (more than 1) passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the evidence needed before changing an adult or child’s name on a passport.
This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
Tells HMPO staff how to process passport applications for customers who urgently need a passport for urgent government business or compassionate reasons.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office public counter staff how to deal with customers collecting their passports and documents from the counter.
Tells HMPO staff how to deal with requests from a customer who urgently needs a passport for urgent government business or compassionate reasons
Tells HM Passport Office staff who can confirm a customer’s identity and how they do this.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the process for issuing restricted validity passports.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a damaged British passport received as a supporting document, and how to replace a damaged British passport.
If you were adopted, you can add your name and contact wishes to the register.
HM Passport Office guidelines for photographers and photographic studios producing photos for UK passports.
Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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