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A listing of where you can view the General Register Office indexes online and in person.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications to replace passports that have been reported lost or stolen.
Acceptable UK passport photograph standards.
How to get a UK passport for your child if they were born through surrogacy.
Guidance on how to sign your new passport.
General advice for social services departments making passport applications on behalf of children subject to care or supervision orders.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications when the customer has a change of name.
Explains the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons at marriage ceremonies.
This guidance from the Registrar General explains the process for approving premises as venues for civil marriages and partnerships.
This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
Tells HM Passport Office staff who can confirm a customer’s identity and how they do this.
Leaflet explaining in simple steps how to apply online for your first passport, if you are applying as an adult.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about passport applications from customers in the UK and overseas who ask for additional (more than 1) passports.
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.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the evidence needed before changing an adult or child’s name on a passport.
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.
Tells HM Passport Office staff what an interview is, who must attend, how a customer books an appointment and the types of interviews we offer.
This booklet provides guidance to members of the clergy on their role and responsibilities during burials, baptisms and marriages.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with a passport application for a customer whose claim is through a European Economic Area national who exercised Treaty rights.
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