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This template can be used for checking photographs for all passport applicants aged 6 and over.
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 customer’s date of birth and how it must be shown on the passport and in our records.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications on DAP (Digital Application Processing) using the dedicated Armed Forces route.
Immigration staff guidance on inviting applicants to volunteer evidence to demonstrate a biological relationship.
Leaflet explaining in simple steps how to apply online for your first passport, if you are applying as an adult.
An example of a supporting letter to include with your collective passport application.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about people who hold dual nationality.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the different types of British passports they may receive as part of a passport application.
A new passport design was launched on 3 November 2015.
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.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications where the name a customer applies in does not match the name on their foreign documents.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the evidence needed before changing an adult or child’s name on a passport.
Guidance for His Majesty's Passport Office operational staff on how to check, add and record titles and observations on a passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with an application if a customer cannot send us the supporting documents we need to prove their identity, entitlement and British nationality.
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.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to process passport applications for customers who hold British national (overseas) citizenship.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when to ask for extra authorisation from another person or organisation before we issue a passport.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with naturalisation and registration certificates issued by UKVI for British passport applications.
Tells HM Passport Office staff about replacing documents that have been lost or damaged.
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